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“Both cars are the same” — Oakes brushes off Ocon concerns following F1 Las Vegas GP comments

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon had a challenging 2024 Las Vegas GP as he struggled for pace in qualifying, and drove through the pits at one point with no mechanics ready as the team got things badly wrong for the squad led by Oliver Oakes. Qualifying Qualifying was a struggle for the French driver, as he only…

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Austin F1 updates has given “clear lift” to Alpine but “limitations” still exist on A524 — Oakes

Alpine moved to within three points of Williams in the Constructors’ Championship as Pierre Gasly finished the Mexico City Grand Prix in P10. The 2020 Italian Grand Prix winner qualified in P8, 0.006s slower than Kevin Magnussen as he ran out of battery before the line. It was almost over before it started as Alex…

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Gasly “ran out of battery like 70 metres before the line” as he was pipped to P7 in F1 Mexico GP qualifying

After a stunning performance during Saturday’s qualifying session, BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly will start Sunday’s Mexico Grand Prix race from P8. This will be the Frenchman’s second consecutive race start from within the Top 10 having started the United States Grand Prix race from P6 after Mercedes’ George Russell was required to start…

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Alpine “need to be doing better than this” following disappointing showing at F1 Singapore GP — Ocon

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon did not hide his disappointment about the inability to challenge their rivals during the Singapore Grand Prix, which saw the Frenchman finishing 13th after qualifying 15th. His Saturday performance was particularly excellent, dragging his car out of Q1, and he was 0.354s faster than teammate Pierre Gasly. Speaking after the race, the…

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Gasly set to start at the back of the grid for F1 British GP following battery change

Pierre Gasly’s run of consecutive points finishes is likely to end at the British Grand Prix this weekend. The 28-year-old has been in the points in the last four Grands Prix as the Enstone-based team has made slow progress since Bahrain. Even though we’re only at the halfpoint of the season, Alpine’s reliability issues have…

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Gasly: Lack of space given by Ocon in battles during F1 Austrian GP “something we’ll have to discuss”

For a fourth successive Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly scored points as Alpine’s slow gains continue. Once again, however, a lot of the spotlight was on his latest episode with teammate Esteban Ocon. On lap 32, Ocon made a late but legal defensive move against Gasly. Three laps later, it got spicy. Ocon passed Alonso into…

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