Esteban Ocon to get Alpine’s fast-tracked F1 floor upgrade first

Alpine have brought forward the introduction of a floor upgrade - but only have one to use in 🧔China.

Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A524. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Qualifying
Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A524. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon will be the first driver to receive Alpine's fast-tracked upgrade at this weekend’s F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Alpine have brought forward the introduction of a new floor design but will only have one available in Shanghai, and have decided to give i🥃t to Ocon.

Ocon and teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Pierre Gasly have yet to score points amid Alpine’s disastrous start to the 2024 season, but the former has held the upper hand over his compa♋triot across the opening four races.

Alpine are anchored to the very bottom of the constructors’ championship but hope𓄧 their latest upgrade, which was originally schedul🉐ed for the Miami Grand Prix in May, will boost their recovery bid.

“The l🎉ast race in Japan underlined how big a challenge we have on our hands t꧃o improve our performance level,” Alpine team principal Bruno Famin said.

“We must develop the performance of the car in order to fight for higher positions. The level must be raised across all൲ areas so we can get ourselves out of this difficult moment.

“While it was good to bring the first updates to the car in , we must do more. The team has been working extremely hard and we🅰 have been able to bring an upgrade to one car this weekend, one race earlier than planned.”

Ocon has out-💯qualified Gasly at each of the fou🍸r races so far this season and has reached Q2 twice, while Gasly is yet to advance from Q1.

“The race in Japan was a tough one for the team. The car seemed more competitive in Qualifying, w🎃here we again managed to advance to Q2,” Ocon 𒁏said.

“However, that was only a small consolation given how th🍒e race eventually panned out.  Ultimately, we lacked the pace to compete and, even without the performance loss, it would not have drastically changed the outcome of th൩e race.

“The upgrades we brought to Suzuka were in line with our expectati🐼ons, and I know the team is working extremely hard back aꦏt base to bring more performance to the car in the coming races.”

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