Esteban Ocon blasts outgoing Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso: “The work was 98% on my back”

Esteban Ocon has claimed “it is good” Fernando Alonso is leaving Alpine, and has accused his teammate of doing only “two percent” of their combined work.
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and team mate Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21,
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and team mate Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team. …

Alonso will drive for Aston Martin next year, meaning Ocon and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly will team up for Alpine in a new-look 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up.

Tensions between Alonso and Ocon hit boiling point in Brazil, the penultimate weekend of the seas♍on, when team boss Laurent Rossi scolded them for clashing in thꦺe sprint race.

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“It has been like this all year,” Alonso reacꦆted to making cont🎉act with Ocon.

Ocon has now r♊esponded: “Of course, I was disappointed by his comments in the press and not internally. 

“We haven't had any discussions about that. I will keep the respect I hav🌊e for him. 

“It's good that he's going to Aston Martin and we're doing our bit on ou🌟r own. Honestly, the work was 98 percent on my back and two percent on his. 

“I was overworked. I was the one who did all the devel♋opment 𒁏in the simulator, the marketing trips…”

Fernando Alonso (ESP), Alpine F1 Team and Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu
Fernando Alonso (ESP), Alpine F1 Team and Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World…

Alonso hinted that Ocon was at fault for three incidents between them in 2022, sa𝔉rcastically saying: “Sometimes it is very competitive inside a team.”

Rossi, the Alpine CEO, accused their 𝔍contact in the Sao Paulo sprint race of being “gross misconduct”.

Ocon finished eighth in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings, Alons⛄o ninth. Alpine impressively came fourth in the con🐓structors’ championship.

Ocon s✅aid about whether the French team can improve in 2023: “This is the go🤪al to step up, but the gap is huge between fourth and third place. It will take time and we should not underestimate the other teams.”

Ocon’s new teammate Gasly is a childhood friend - although they have also endured a rocky relations༺hip at times.

“We havꦍe k🎃nown each other very well for several years,” Ocon said.

“The first tim♏e he got into a go-kart, it was mine. We rode together on the same circuits, the same competitions. We had a d𒆙ream: to drive together in F1, we got there. I can't wait to get started.”

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