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Alpine F1 “still too much on the limit to be scoring points in every race” — Ocon reflects on disappointing F1 Imola GP

Öykü Ceylan7 months ago7 months ago05 mins

Alpine driver Esteban Ocon faced a tough weekend at the Imola Grand Prix, where the team’s performance fell short of expectations after an encouraging Miami. Speaking post-race, the French driver shared his thoughts on the challenges faced during the race and his outlook for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. Reflecting on the race weekend, Ocon…

“That’s the hardest I’ve had to work for years” — Esteban Ocon on dragging the Alpine to P12 in F1 Imola GP

Syrine Ferchichi7 months ago7 months ago04 mins

For the third time in a row this season, the two Alpine drivers made it through to Q2. Esteban Ocon, despite struggling throughout the weekend with his car, managed to qualify 12th, just 0.2s behind Sergio Perez’s Red Bull. Alpine has had a tough start to the season, scoring only one point after Ocon finished…

F1 | Imola GP | Qualifying | Verstappen pips Piastri and Norris to pole in exhilarating session

James O'Connor7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…

Alpine F1 drivers on Sanchez’s signing: “The team is making an effort to change things” following rough start to 2024

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago07 mins

Alpine’s 2024 is becoming more positive as time goes by. The French team has been hard at work to improve as testing showed the reality of their speed. Their efforts to improve the car and reduce weight resulted in Esteban Ocon entering the top 10 in Miami for the first time in 2024. Among the…

Alonso “really enjoyed” battle with Ocon for final points positions at F1 Miami GP

Nicolas Lopes8 months ago04 mins

Fernando Alonso finished ninth in last week’s Miami GP, scoring two points for Aston Martin after a tough battle with his former team-mate Esteban Ocon in the latter stages of the grand prix. After a poor qualifying for his standards, Alonso started down in 15th, on the hard tyres and pitted when the Virtual Safety…

“120% pushing” — Ocon on bagging Alpine’s first point of 2024 F1 season

Anumitha Murugapandian8 months ago07 mins

Alpine had a rough season start to this campaign, struggling to even get out of Q1, especially from Bahrain to Japan. But they have just scored their first point at the Miami Grand Prix with Esteban Ocon who finished 10th. The French team has been struggling to close the gap up to the leading midfield…

F1 Miami GP | Qualifying | Verstappen beats the Ferraris to pole in close session

James O'Connor8 months ago07 mins

Q1 Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session with a 1:29.015. The Ferraris came out of the traps well, with Carlos Sainz’s 1:28.159 putting him 0.024s ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. Perez, Russell, Piastri, Alonso, Ricciardo, Norris, Hamilton and Tsunoda completed the top 10 after 7 minutes. World Championship leader Max Verstappen came…

Alpine F1 are now lighter, quicker and still have “a lot going on in the wind tunnel and CFD at the moment” — Pilbeam

David Coath8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

The Chinese Grand Prix saw Alpine have a spare car available for the first time this season. At a time when Williams Racing lack of third chassis made global headlines, this was obviously encouraging news for fans of the French manufacturer. Not only this but for Esteban Ocon, his A524 had a new floor and…

Gasly “quite pleased” with Alpine’s progress at F1 Chinese GP as updated package propels Ocon towards the points

Daniel Mora8 months ago8 months ago04 mins

Following the Chinese Grand Prix, where Alpine once again struggled to make an impact on the points, Pierre Gasly expressed both frustration and optimism regarding the team’s performance. Alpine’s lacklustre start to the season sees them currently sitting at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship, with zero points. Gasly himself is in 19th position in…

Ocon: “Happier and a bit disappointed” with P11 in F1 Chinese GP after his “best driving race of the whole season”

David Coath8 months ago8 months ago011 mins

Esteban Ocon started last weekend’ s F1 Chinese Grand Prix from P13 and would cross the finish line P11 and just 2.3 seconds from his first points of the season. A stark difference to how Alpine were performing at the start of the season with many pundits predicting the French manufacturer to be propping up…