Esteban Ocon apologises to Franco Colapinto for stealing fastest lap in Austin
"We still manꦗaged the fastest ♕lap for the team at the end - sorry to Franco as he deserved it."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon has apologiꦛsed to Franco Colapinto for stealing the fastest lap at the🅷 United States Grand Prix.
Williams’ Colapinto put together another starring performan🦂ceꦰ to come away with 10th.
During his late-race charge,ꦉ Colapinto had set the fastest lap of tꦅhe race on the mediums.
As a result, he was set to pick up an addit🍸ional po𓂃int for Williams.
However, Alpine decided to pit Ocon for softs late on to 💜take the fastest lap.
Williams are Alpine’s main rivals in the constructors’ champ🦋ionship with four points between the two teams heading into the final five races.
Our race was compromised on lap 1 after being hit from behind. Recovered some positions but not much was possible after the start. We still managed the fastest lap for the team at the end ~ sorry to Franco as he deserved it.
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban)
We go again next week… Nos vemos pronto México!
Ocon w🐈rote on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday morning: “Our race was compromised on lap 1 after being hit from behind. Recovered some positions but not much was possible after the start.
“We still managed the fastest lap for the 💞team at the end - sorry to Franco as he deserved it.
“We go again next week… Nos vemos pronto México!”
Colapinto made refe𝓡rence to it in his post-꧅race interview with ESPN.
S🐎peaking in Spanish, Colapinto joked: “Why do they [Alpine] change tyres bro? We need to save the planet. Give it back to me.”
The Argentine has impressive since replacing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant at the Italian Grand Prix.
He’s been a close match for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon, scoring points on two occasions already.
But w♕ith just one seat on the F1 2025 grid available, he might need to spend next year on the sidelines.
With a sharꦿp eye for F1’s controversies and stoꦍrylines, Connor is the heartbeat of our unbiased reporting.
