ALPINE IN PURSUIT OF THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS VIRTUAL

Alpine's motorsport activities continue relentlessly into2022. After the Formula 1 World Championship, the World Endurance Championshipand the F1 Esports Pro-Series, the "Arrowed A" is now taking on the24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual.

Organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA WorldEndurance Championship and Motorsport Games, the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual istaking take place over the course of a week (from 9 to 16 January). The driversare competing on the 13.626-kilometre Circuit de la Sarthe via the rFactor2platform.

All the challenges inherent to the endurance racing classicare reflected in the game: driver changes, random weather, variety of lightconditions, car damage, tyre degradation, fuel consumption and even the maximumdriving time to be respected by each driver.

Alpine is pulling out all the stops for edition two of the24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual. Two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and WorldEndurance Champion Fernando Alonso captains the #36 Alpine. The Spanish driveris overseeing and advising 2021 F3 Rookie of the Year and Alpine Academy driverVictor Martins. Michelin Le Mans Cup driver Sacha Lehmann, Alpine Esports Teamdriver Patrik Sipos and Olli Pahkala is completing the line-up in the #36 car.

[1]time Formula 1 WorldChampion Fernando Alonso. It will be interesting to see how he adjusts to this typeof competition. I hope to learn from him and apply what I pick up to my racingcareer. We're going to have a lot of fun and I can't wait to start preparingfor the race."

Richard Arnaud, Alpine Esports Team Principal:"After participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual last year as amanager, I am delighted to be leading the project with the Alpine Esports teamsin 2022. It's an honour to have the opportunity to work with a two-time Formula1 World Champion like Fernando, but also with Victor, whom I've had the chanceto race against in simracing in the past. The commitment of these two championsshows how much potential this discipline has, and more importantly, how subtlethe line between the virtual and real worlds is. We have a lot of work to do tomeet this challenge. One thing is clear: all of us will do our utmost to scorea brilliant result for Alpine Esports."

Timetable

Saturday 8 January – Test day 1: 09h00-21h00

Sunday 9 January – Test day 2: 09h00-21h00

Wednesday 12 January – Test day 3: 09h00-21h00

Thursday 13 January – Free practice 1: 09h00-16h00

Friday 14 January – Free practice 2: 09h00-16h00

Friday14 January – Qualifying: 18h40-19h00 LIVE

Saturday 15 January – Start of the race: 13h00 LIVE

Sunday 16 January – End of the race: 13h00 LIVE

About Alpine

Founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé, the brand has set itselfapart with its French-style sports cars. In 2018, the brand presented the newA110, a sports car faithful to Alpine's timeless principles of compactness,lightness, agility and driving pleasure. In 2021, the Alpine Business Unit wascreated. It thus became the brand dedicated to innovative, authentic, exclusivesportscars of Renault Group, benefiting from the heritage and craftsmanship ofits historic plant in Dieppe, as well as the engineering mastery from AlpineRacing and Alpine Cars teams.