Despite the double podium achieved by Alpine in Brazil, Esteban Ocon complained that for a month, only one of the two cars was competitive. That of Pierre Gasly his partner, the one who continues with the brand next year. He, Ocon, will go to the Haas team.
“I think that one car, Pierre’s, was fast of the United States Grand Prix (a month ago). Unfortunately, we are not fast from there, and that could also cost us the championship…”, denounces Esteban in comments reported by ‘Motorsport’ this Thursday.
He asks Alpine to work on “finding out” what’s going on with his car: “We need to find out what exactly is going onand we hope to improve the situation for the next two races, but at the moment it seems difficult. » In Las Vegas, he fought for the final positions, finishing seventeenth.
“We are working with the team to improve the situation internally, but, from Austin, it seems that externally it is not working at all, and we have to make sure this is no longer the case“, says Ocon.
Is the Frenchman denouncing that Alpine is only developing Gasly’s car because he is the one who will continue? Even if he doesn’t say it directly, Esteban specifies that it’s his car that doesn’t work. Just your car.
Alpine is the seventh team in the constructors’ championship, just one point behind the team. haas. Of course, with a double podium which has become his special title this season. But despite this, Ocon is not satisfied with the performance and does not understand that Gasly’s car has better performance.
