Alonso was hit with a five-second time penalty and two🌱 penalty points after clattering into Ocon during Saturday’s race, before they finished in a woeful 15th and 18th respectively.

Aston Martin-bound Alonso insisted he had not spoken to Ocon about the incident: “No💫, I don’t need to. One more race [after Sunday] then it’s over, finally!”

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The two-time world champion referred to other moments thiꦚs season where his competitiveness wit🔯h Ocon almost boiled over: “I was close to the wall in Jeddah and in Budapest. Now, on Turn 4. It’s the way these things are.

“Sometimes it is very competitive inside a team.”

Ocon said: “Unfortunate for the te𝓡am, w꧋hat happened.

“We were in a good position ꧅but now we’re at the back. So it will be important to work together.

“It was unfort𓆉unate what happened. I was tr꧒ying to attack the McLaren. Fernando came out of nowhere from the outside, so we touched.

“From there, my race was pretty much over.

“I am quite ღcalm. If he isn’t? He will be tomorrow.”

Their partnership will end at the conclusion of this season - Alonso will be in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up for Aston Martin, where he will partner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll (who 𝔍he also made contact with last month in Texas).

Alpine will partner Ocon with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly - the Frenchmen were childhood fꩲriends who have occasionally have a strained relationship.

Alonso said about Saturday’s sprint in Brazil: “Far ✅from ideal when you touch on the first lap in a sprint race because it’s too short to come back without a S൩afety Car.

“On the positive side, the paꦓce was very good today. Close to the leaders, actually.

“We꧅ could recover a few places. With this pace we can score points.”

Alpine team principal ♚Otmar Szafnauer said: “We are extremely disappointed with today’s sprint qualifying result, which has put us in a worse꧙ position on the grid for tomorrow’s main race.

“W▨e are in a very ඣtight and competitive championship fight for fourth place in the constructors’ championship; an objective for which over 1,000 staff are tirelessly working and striving towards. Frankly, both Esteban and Fernando must do a better job to compliment the fantastic efforts of everyone in the team by avoiding on-track incidents and compromising the entire team’s performance.

“Today, both drivers have let the team down. I expect more from them tomorrow where we must do everyဣthing we can to recover some points from the week🌞end for the championship.”

Ocon is eighth in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings, Alonso is ninth.