Some cars leave a paper trail; the Alpine A526 left a name and a place in Alpine's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it. David Sanchez / Joe Burnell / Ciaron Pilbeam / Simon Virrill / Steve Booth / Jacopo Fantoni / Benjamin Norton / Vin Dhanani / Kristopher Midgley / Michael Broadhurst drew it.
The story
The Alpine A526 is a Formula One car designed and built by the Alpine F1 Team to compete in the 2026 Formula One World Championship.
It is the sixth Formula One car entered by Alpine since rebranding from Renault, and the first car built by Team Enstone since the Lotus E23 Hybrid (2015) to use a Mercedes power unit. It is currently being driven by Pierre Gasly, in his fourth season with the team, and Franco Colapinto, who begins his second season with the team after replacing Jack Doohan following the seventh round of the 2025 season.
What is underneath
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Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Alpine A525. Nearby in the Alpine catalogue sit the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A110 (2017).