Some cars leave a paper trail; the Alpine A521 left a name and a place in Alpine's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it. The shape is credited to Pat Fry / Naoki Tokunaga / Matt Harman / Simon Virrill / Benjamin Norton / Peter Marshall / Pierre Genon / Dirk de Beer / James Rodgers / Rémi Taffin.
The story
The Alpine A521 is a Formula One car designed by the Alpine F1 Team which competed in the 2021 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by Fernando Alonso, marking his return to the sport, and Esteban Ocon. It was the first to be fielded under the team's Alpine name.
What is underneath
the output is More than 950 hp. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Alpine line-up the Alpine A521 has a clear place: it replaced the Renault R.S.20; it handed the line to the Alpine A522. Nearby in the Alpine catalogue sit the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A110 (2017).