{"id":27904,"date":"2012-08-28T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T10:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=27904"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:42:05","slug":"renault-alpine-a4423","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/renault-alpine-a4423\/","title":{"rendered":"Renault Alpine A442\/3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27905\" title=\"autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-278x208.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-526x394.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-592x444.jpg 592w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/08\/autowp-ru_renault_alpine_a442b_51-572x429.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Call it a Porsche baiting hare, an impractical bubble-top fantasy or the greatest Renault ever to race : but the Alpine A442\/3 was definitely the fastest Renault ever to put rubber on a circuit &#8211; clocking 238MPH in qualifying trim in the 1978 edition of the 24hrs.<\/p>\n<p>Piloted by Frenchman, it was part of a potential dream ticket for Renault that never really was able to break Porsche&#8217;s dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it looked rather good and recently raced at both the Le Mans Classic and at Goodwood.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to the makers of a snarling yellow beast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Renault Alpine A442B @ Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46932708?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fastest ever Renault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[2736,1186,212,2530,381,183,80],"class_list":["post-27904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-alpine","tag-endurance-racing","tag-french","tag-french-car","tag-le-mans","tag-motorsport","tag-renault","manufacturers-alpine","manufacturers-renault-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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