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Fernando Alonso is not yet seeing a mixing up of the grid as was intended with the new regulations for 2022.

There are a few examples of the position of the teams changing, with Ferrari for example now at the front of the pack with Red Bull, while Mercedes has dropped to the head of the midfield.

In that midfield pack meanwhile, Alfa Romeo and Haas are now looking far more competitive, regularly scoring points having struggled to do so last season, with Haas failing to record a point in 2021.

Alonso’s Alpine team are also in the battle at the front of the midfield, but the two-time World Champion is still seeing the order as “team by team” in qualifying.

The battle for victories has been fought exclusively between Ferrari and Red Bull during the opening four rounds.

The new regulations, working alongside the budget cap, had been designed to make driver ability the focus once more, creating the potential for a range of different race winners.

“The new regs were supposed to bring all the cars closer together and multiple teams and drivers could win races,” said Alonso, quoted by GPFans.

“The order of the qualy is still team by team not driver by driver, so in general the sport should keep looking into that and improve it.”

The new cars were created to promote closer racing by reducing