Alpine unveils new livery on cruise ship - but will the team sink or swim in 2026?
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In one of the most unique launches of 2026, Alpine chose to kick-start its 2026 campaign with a livery unveiling aboard a cruise ship. The Race F1 Podcast's Edd Straw and Jon Noble were both on hand to witness events first-hand and speak to the key players, and they report back on what they found in the latest episode.
Amongst the topics discussed are whether Alpine is poised to benefit from its switch to Mercedes power units for 2026, plus what we should expect from drivers Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The Races |
| 0:02.7 | The Race is on, and Alpine took the word launch to a new level by holding its 2026 presentation |
| 0:17.6 | on an actual cruise ship, but is that spectacular gesture a signal of intent or a sinking metaphor waiting to happen? |
| 0:24.1 | I'm Ed Straw, and joining me here in Barcelona to talk all things Alpine is John Noble. |
| 0:29.5 | Well, we're here in Barcelona, as you can tell from our background. We do have official team backing boards to talk in front of. |
| 0:36.5 | They're normally called something a little bit |
| 0:37.6 | different, but we won't call them that on this. But it's been an interesting launch, hasn't it? |
| 0:42.6 | We've got the MSC World Europa cruise ship. I'm pointing over there. None of you will be able |
| 0:47.6 | to see it who are watching the video version. But it's a big old event, isn't it? Kind of had an air |
| 0:52.7 | of the old school launches of greater largesse, didn't it? Kind of had an air of the old school launches of greater large S, didn't it? |
| 0:56.1 | Absolutely. |
| 0:56.7 | I think that was the impression I got as well. |
| 0:58.9 | This was a launch like they used to be in the kind of 90s and early 2000s. |
| 1:04.1 | Proper old school of a big event, |
| 1:07.8 | Showpiece car in the middle of it, something spectacular. |
| 1:11.7 | We think it's the first time |
| 1:13.1 | an F1 car has been launched |
| 1:14.2 | on a cruise ship. |
| 1:15.0 | I can't recall. |
| 1:15.8 | They claimed it as well. |
| 1:16.7 | They claimed as well. |
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