Some cars leave a paper trail; the Alpine A522 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 / Matt Harman / Naoki Tokunaga / Simon Virrill / Steve Booth / Benjamin Norton / Pierre Genon / Dirk de Beer / James Rodgers / Bruno Famin.
Where it came from
The Alpine A522 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by the BWT Alpine F1 Team and competed in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The chassis is Alpine's first car under the 2022 technical regulations.
Under the skin
the output is More than 950 hp. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Alpine line-up the Alpine A522 has a clear place: it replaced the Alpine A521; it handed the line to the Alpine A523. Nearby in the Alpine catalogue sit the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A110 (2017).