Alpine A525 BWT Alpine Formula One Team No. 10 Pierre Gasly Abu Dhabi GP 2025 Spark Model 1:43

Round 24 of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Yas Marina Circuit, was the 17th time Abu Dhabi had hosted a Formula 1 World Championship round — and, as it turned out, the last time a Renault engine would fire in anger in Formula 1. Spark Model's 1:43 resin replica of the Alpine A525 number 10 fixes that specific moment in miniature form.

The Alpine A525: Carbon Fibre, 950 HP and a 5,620 mm Footprint

The A525 is the fifth Formula 1 car entered by Alpine since the team rebranded from Renault, built around a moulded carbon fibre and aluminium honeycomb composite monocoque manufactured in-house by the BWT Alpine Formula One Team. Power comes from the Renault E-Tech RE25, a Mecachrome-assembled 1.6-litre 90-degree V6 turbo producing in excess of 950 HP at up to 15,000 RPM. At 5,620 mm long and 800 kg with driver, it is a direct evolution of the A524 — and architecturally, the endpoint of a Renault-engined lineage stretching back decades.

Yas Marina, 7 December 2025: The Last Renault Engine in Formula 1

Pierre Gasly started and finished P19 at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, completing 57 of 58 laps and collecting a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. His finishing position was unaffected. The result was consistent with a season in which Gasly contributed all 22 of Alpine's championship points — the team ultimately finishing 10th and last in the Constructors' Championship, the lowest points-finish in Enstone's history as a constructor. More significantly, this was the final race before Alpine switched to Mercedes power for 2026, making the A525 at Abu Dhabi the last Renault-engined car to start a Formula 1 world championship event.

Spark Model's 1:43 Resin: Detail in a Small Footprint

Produced in resin, this 1:43 scale model by Spark Model is part of a broader series covering multiple 2025 race rounds for the A525. The livery — Bleu de France primary with BWT pink accenting the sidepods and front end, echoing the colour language of the 2021 Alpine A521 — was rated the best F1 livery of 2025 in polls cited by BWT's own press office. As a resin model, the body is a sealed single-piece casting; surface detail is concentrated on external aerodynamic surfaces and livery accuracy.

In the Display Cabinet: Pairing and Context

At 1:43, the A525 model measures approximately 13 cm in length, a shelf footprint that suits standard single-row display cases. It pairs naturally with Spark's earlier A525 entries — the Australian GP season opener and the British GP car in which Gasly took his best result of 2025 (P6 at Silverstone) — as well as the 2024 Abu Dhabi A524 from the same circuit. For collectors focusing on end-of-era documentation, the Abu Dhabi variant carries singular provenance: it represents the final lap of Renault's Formula 1 engine programme.