168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon has dismissed the suggestion that his departure from the Alpine F1 team is in any way linked to his incident with teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon crashed into Gasly on the opening lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, a collision which angered Alpine team principal Bruno Famin and led to speculation that the Frenchman could be bencheꦚd for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.

Earlier this week, and eight days after the coming together, Alpine announced that Ocon will leave the team when his con꧟tract expires at the end of the year after five seasons at Enstone.

Asked if he was being ‘punished’ by Alpine and whether what happened in Monaco had influenced the decision, Ocon told Sky Sports F1: “Not really. Not at all. A group like Renault doesn’t take decisio⛄ns on single moments like that.”

Instead, Ocon insisted his split from Alpine was a mutual decision which followed mont♊hs of talks.

“For us, it was important that we’ve discussed for several months and decided together not to continue. It’s been no secret that we’ve been talking with♐ Alpine and other teams as well𝄹,” he said.

“I spent five years with this team, achieving great things and having som𝔍e more difficult moments as well. But I am proud of what I achieved with this team and it’s time for me to have other, exciting challenges.

“I think it was definitely the right time tཧo decide to end our relationship together.”

Asked if there was any truth to the rumours that Famin had threatened to bench him for Canada, Ocon replied: “You can ask the team but I am not aware of these things. I h🃏ave prepared the same way to race in Canada.”

Meanwhile, Gasly carefull🀅y selected his words when he was asked for his views on the news in Thursday’s FIA press conference in Montreal.

“It’s been… I’m just taking time to think because I know how you guys will take every sing🍸le word that comes out,” he said.

"It’s a long story 𒁃between Esteban and myself and I think so far in the last one and a half years we managed to work and cooperate very professionally, this is important to mention.

“It hasn’t alwa🐼ys been easy as you would imagine from two very competitive drivers, but considering the story between us I think ♍it’s been good, so, yeah. I would stick to these lines.”