Otmar Szafnauer says Fernando Alonso "never" raised any concerns over a lack of ambition while at Alpine and "was as happy as everybody else" with the team's 2022 result.
Alpine saw off the challenge of their McLaren rivals to take fourth place in the constructors' championship last season. It was an improvement on the previous year's fifth-placed finish, and also in terms of points – they scored 18 more than they managed in 2021.
They remain some way off the top three. The gap to Mercedes in third place last year was more than 300 points and Alpine chiefs accept that it will be very difficult to improve by so much in just one season. So the goal for this year is to consolidate fourth and move closer to the 'big three' in terms of performance and results.
