
BWT Alpine A522 #31 E. Ocon Australian GP 2022 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Alpine
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 117220331
- Year
- 2022
- Era
- 2020s
- Body Type
- Formula Models
- Vehicle Class
- Formula 1 Models
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138763807
About the BWT Alpine A522 #31 E. Ocon Australian GP 2022 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Alpine A522 reproduces Esteban Ocon's #31 BWT Alpine livery from the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Diecast construction and tampo-printed sponsor graphics capture the current-generation F1 car's pink-accented sponsor scheme.
Alpine's BWT-sponsored pink accents give the A522 one of the more recognizable liveries on the current Formula 1 grid, and Esteban Ocon's #31 carried it through the 2022 season's Australian round.
Reproducing the A522's Sponsor-Heavy Livery
The BWT pink runs alongside Alpine's blue base color in bands across the nose, sidepods, and rear wing, and Minichamps applies both through tampo printing, holding crisp separation between the two colors rather than letting them bleed together at the panel curves. The zinc alloy body carries real weight for its footprint, and current-generation F1 aerodynamics, including the ground-effect floor and simplified front wing mandated by 2022's rule changes, are resolved with clean surface detail. As with any current F1 car, there are no opening panels to judge, so quality rests on livery sharpness and how well the aero elements read at close inspection, both handled well here.
Alpine's 2022 Formula 1 Season
The A522 was Alpine's entry for the 2022 season, run under new technical regulations that reshaped car design across the entire grid that year, with ground-effect aerodynamics returning to Formula 1 for the first time in decades. Ocon partnered Fernando Alonso that season, giving Alpine a driver lineup with both youthful pace and championship-winning experience. A model from the Australian round documents a specific early-season race weekend during that regulatory shift, useful for a collector tracking the 2022 season chronologically.
Paired with Alonso's teammate car from the same race weekend, this piece completes a full Alpine grid entry from the 2022 Australian Grand Prix.















