2023-07-23 15:54:11
Catastrophic Sunday for the Alpine team: starting from 12th and 15th position respectively, the two French drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly had to give up this Sunday in the first round of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu, the Chinese Alfa Romeo driver, got off to a bad start and pushed from behind Daniel Ricciardo’s car at the end of the first straight. The Australian driver could not avoid hitting Ocon’s car, which itself crashed into his teammate’s single-seater.
Forced to return to the pits, Ocon and Gasly could not leave, their cars being too damaged. The Chinese driver was penalized and received a 5-second penalty following the incident. The situation is therefore not getting better for Alpine, which is definitely going through a complicated season: this is the third double retirement this season for the French team. “Things do not line up for us, reacted Gasly at the microphone of Canal +. We will have to quickly stop this series of events. »
And Ocon to continue. “When hot, the seat broke in two. It was a violent impact but all is well. We are disappointed to do so few laps, confided the Frenchman to the microphone of Canal +. These are the consequences of going so far in the package, it’s sad to see what happened. It’s just disgusting, but we can make up for it next week. »
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