Alpine is still in the dark about the true pace of its 2023 F1 car after a troubled opening race for the A523 in Bahrain.
Having been leapfrogged by Aston Martin compared to last year, Szafnauer says its main goal is to"outdevelop" it as it still aims to hang on to fourth.
But even in the short term he's confident the Enstone team will score"plenty of points" just by executing clean weekends. "I think we were about 16 seconds behind Bottas at that point, and we caught him but couldn't overtake in the end. So I think that stint worked well," Szafnauer said. "Looking at it from an optimistic standpoint and say if Pierre had started ninth, we would have beaten Bottas for sure.and I think [Lance] Stroll? They were 16 seconds ahead of us, we need to have a look."Esteban being out of position at the start, he'll learn from that. Operationally, we can look forward to having smooth, trouble-free races.
"And if that happens, Pierre qualifies where he can qualify and we've got both of them in the top 10 positions, then I think we'll score plenty of points and then we'll fight for fourth."
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