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“That’s what we need until the end of the year” — Gasly hopes “good teamwork” continues at Alpine following double points finish at F1 Canadian GP

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

For a second consecutive weekend, Pierre Gasly scored points as he finished 9th in the Canadian Grand Prix last Sunday. The 28-year-old made it through to Q2 on Saturday, but that solid effort was undone at the start as Sergio Perez hit him at turn 2, almost spinning. He fell to P18. However, he did…

“I did my job, the team didn’t” — Ocon unhappy about team orders to swap with Gasly at the end of F1 Canadian GP following “a mega race”

Anna Elizabeth Krausová6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

Esteban Ocon demonstrated his great driving skills during the Canadian Grand Prix race, managing to fight his way through the field from P18 into a points finish in P10. However, the Frenchman is far from happy coming from the weekend, feeling like he was robbed of even more points by his own team. On lap…

F1 | Canadian GP | Race | Max Verstappen masters Montreal to win wild race from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago012 mins

The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…

Ocon: “Difficult to go through Q1” when having heavier Alpine F1 car than Gasly by “a couple of kilos”

Anna Elizabeth Krausová6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

Esteban Ocon had disappointing results in qualifying yesterday, getting knocked out in Q1. To make matters worse, even though his lap time of 1:13.435 was enough for P18, the French driver will start the race last because of the five-place grid penalty he got for causing a collision in Monaco. His Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly…

Ocon adamant he’s “always followed instructions” after F1 Monaco GP intra-team crash and confirmation of Alpine exit

Luke-John Buckle6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

Esteban Ocon says the announcement that he will leave Alpine at the end of 2024 hasn’t created any disharmony in the team. The Frenchman clashed with his teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco and responded to his critics on social media after the race weekend. When asked whether the incident would cause any awkwardness at Alpine,…

How Esteban Ocon avoided a suspension for the F1 Canadian Grand Prix despite Alpine boss Famin’s wishes

Rachel Stephens6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Co-Author: Syrine Ferchichi For the Alpine F1 Team, this year’s Monaco GP was eventful, but for all the wrong reasons. With internal conflict between the team’s drivers, the clash between Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon not only ruined their race and points scoring capability, but sparked intense public and private reactions from team boss Bruno…

Alpine F1 staff reshuffling continues with sacking of operations director Rob White

Nicolas Lopes6 months ago05 mins

Alpine’s fortunes in F1 in recent times have suffered a dip, if anything even failing to deliver the expected mid-table results that the team has gotten so used to over the past five seasons, as it arrived for 2024 with an overweight machine that was the slowest in the field by a long way at…

How Esteban Ocon looks to have alienated himself at Alpine F1 following Sunday’s Monaco GP

Editorial Staff6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

It’s been a remarkable few days following a dramatic and scary start to the Monaco Grand Prix. Aside from the huge accident between Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg that everyone — including photographers — thankfully walked away from without any serious injuries, Alpine has managed to get itself into the headlines for negative…

Alpine boss promises “appropriate consequences” for Ocon after clash with teammate in F1 Monaco GP, Gasly adds Ocon “needs to make a change”

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago04 mins

Alpin had a decent starting position before the race, with Pierre Gasly in tenth and Esteban Ocon in eleventh, but after half a lap their points scoring possibilities were halved when Ocon tried an optimistic pass on Gasly, but left his teammate too little space on the exit of Portier, resulting in his car almost…

“I touched the barriers on many occasions” — Gasly explains how he left it all on the line to make Q3 at F1 Monaco GP

Gabriel Diamante6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Pierre Gasly had the best qualifying session for Alpine in 2024. For the first time this season the team made it into Q3 with Gasly’s 1:10.856, finishing a superb 5th in Q2. However the major risks that he took in Q2 didn’t pay off in Q3, only ending up 10th with a 1:11.311 as he…