Esteban Ocon lashes out at Alpine: “We haven’t been listened to”

“We’ve said things about the car that haven’t been tackle﷽d🐼, haven’t been fixed"

Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium,
Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon has criticised Alpine for not listening to feedback from their drivers.

Ocon h𝐆as confirmed that he will join Haas in 2025, ending a relationship with Alpine which turned feisty this year.

He was sc🎀olded by his bosses after making🌌 contact with teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon told Sky Sports💟 about his exit♑: “There were other options. We did talk to various different teams, from mid-2023.

“I’ve done what I need to doꦉ with Alpine. We achieved my first win. We had good moments but some more difficult ones.

“It’s not a sec🍎ret that it’s been frustrating lately, 🙈not having a good car.

“We haven’t be𓃲en listened to, the way we should have been. Myself, Pierre [Gasly], Daniel [Ricciardo], Fernando [Alonso].

“We’ve said things abo❀ut the car that haven’t been tackled, haven’t been fixed.

“We end up with issues from three or four years ago that we sti𒀰ll have today. This isn’t possible in Formula 1.”

'He's sitting with an Alpine cap on'

The timing of 🐻Ocon’s criticism ไof Alpine has caught some by surprise.

Although his days within the t♏eam are numbered, half of the 2024 season still remains.

“I’m surprised he said ๊it now,” Sky Sports’ Naomi Schiff said.

“Yes, he’s leaving, but he’s sitting with💃 an Alpine cap on. There are 10 more races, still wit🃏h the team.

“It’s fu♏nny how these drivers make it seem everything is going really well then, when they leave, the truth com𝕴es out!

“As a driver, you want to be listened to. Engine🌟ers look at numbers and they see something different to what the drivers say, that can happen. Drivers are not always 100%.

“But of course, everybody’s needs need to be met. It doesn’t so🌳und like he felt that was the case.

“In some ways, the results do show. You can te♛ll with the coꦓnstant management changes.”

At the F1 Belgian Grand Prix this🍰 weekend, Bruno Famin announced he will soon depart as team principal.

It is only a year since Otmar Szafnauer left the same job, amid a wider exodus fr꧂om Alpine.

Famin also revealed the team are considering becoming an🐼 engine customer for the 2026 regulations.

Bernie Collins said abo♍ut Ocon’s criticism of the team: “We’ve all worked in teams where it needs one person to speak out and hopefully it brings change.

“The driver, I describe as the most expensive that 🦋we have in the c💜ar.

“The first thing weꦆ ask in a debrief is: what 📖is your biggest limitation?

“You n൲eed the driver to be comfortable, to do exactly what you want.

"It’s not a PlayStation. They need to feel confidence in the car to meℱet the braking point♒, lap after lap.

“Drivers are not robots. They are individuals.

“We talk about developing a car around a driver. That doesn’t sound like it’s happꦗening. Developing a car around one ಌdriver is one thing, but developing it around neither is a big problem!”

Ocon went seventh-fastest in FP2 on Friday at the Belgian Grand Pri🤪x.

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