2023-05-07 12:12:00
A Franco-French duo who have known each other since childhood to defend the colors of the only tricolor Formula 1 team, that of course made the paper. But the start of the season for Alpine and its two drivers, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, proved disappointing. Fourth in the constructors’ standings last year, the team is sixth with only eight points after four Grands Prix this season. Enough to encourage its general manager, Laurent Rossi, to put pressure on his troops before the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday evening.
“The start of the season is disappointing. I want to say, it is even bad, grinds the boss of Alpine in an interview broadcast on Saturday by Canal +. Finally, this year, we are starting with a performance and execution handicap. It’s a lot. This can be seen because we are in a ranking that is not worthy of the resources involved. We are very far from the final objective of the year. »
The first race of the year in Bahrain got Esteban Ocon’s season off to a bad start. Penalized three times, the Norman had ended up abandoning the race disputed in this country of the Persian Gulf. Pierre Gasly finished in the points by finishing ninth. Since then, he and his partner have only scored four points each. In Australia in April, the duo had even hung up in the race, which forced them to retire.
“A mediocre result”
“What I see is that there is potentially also a state of mind that is not up to what has been done in the past by this same team, annoys Laurent Rossi. I didn’t like the first Grand Prix because there was a lot of dilettantism, I’m sorry to say, which led to a mediocre, bad result. Baku’s latest race looks a lot like Bahrain’s and that’s not acceptable. »
“We have the right to make mistakes, it’s a basic principle, that’s how we learn. On the other hand, when you make the same mistakes twice, it’s because you haven’t learned and you don’t take responsibility, gets angry the general manager of Alpine. It’s not acceptable. »
The two men are therefore eagerly awaited on Sunday evening during the Miami Grand Prix. Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly completed their qualifying session on Saturday, placing themselves eighth and fifth respectively on the starting grid.
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