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

“We’ve said things about the car that haven’t been tackled, haven’t been fixed𒅌"

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5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon has criticised Alpine for not listening to feedback from their drivers.

Oc🌺on has confir💞med that he will join Haas in 2025, ending a relationship with Alpine which turned feisty this year.

He was scolded by his bosses after mak🌊ing contact with teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon told Sky Sports✨ about his exit: “There were other options. We did talk ꧒to various different teams, from mid-2023.

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

“It’s not 𒈔a secret that it’s been frustrating lately, n𒆙ot having a good car.

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

“We’ve said things about the car that haven’t been tackled,ꩲ haven’t⭕ been fixed.

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

'He's sitting with an Alpine cap on'

The timing o🥀f Ocon’s criticism of Alpine has caught some b𒁃y surprise.

Although his days withi💯n the team are numbered, half of the 2024 season 🥂still remains.

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

“Yes, he’s leaving, but he’s sitting with an Alpine cap on. The꧒re are 10 more races, still with the team.

“It’s funny how th🌊ese drivers make it seem everything is going really well then, when they leave, the truth comes out!

“As a driver, you want to be listened to. Engineers look at numbe꧂rs and they see something different to what the drivers say, that can happen. Drivers are not alwa꧑ys 100%.

“But o𓆉f course, everybody’s needs need to be met. It doesn’t sound like he felt that was the case.

“In some ways, the results do show. You cౠan tell with the constant 𒊎management 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 t📖he team are considering becoming an engine customer for the 2026 regulations.

Bernie Collins s⛦aid about 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 expens♛ive that we have in the car.

“The f🔥irst thing we ask in a debrief is: what is your biggest limitation?

“You need the♉ driver to be comfort𒁃able, to do exactly what you want.

"It’s not a PlayStation. The🔯y need to feel confidence in the car to meet the braking point, lap a💃fter lap.

“Drivers are not robots. They are individuals.

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

ౠOcon went seventh-fastest in FP2 on Friday at the Belgian Gr꧂and Prix.

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