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

“We’ve said things about the c▨ar that haven’t been tackled, haven’t been fixe🥀d"

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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon has criticised Alpine for not listening to feedback from their drivers.

Ocon has confirmed that he will join Haas in 2025, ending a relationship with Alpine which turned feisty💖 this year.

He was scolded by his bosses after making contact w🍎ith teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon told Sky Sports about his exit: “There were other options. We did talk to various different teams♈, fro꧅m mid-2023.

“I’ve done what I need to do with Alp💝ine. We achieved my first win. We had good moments b💖ut some more difficult ones.

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

“We haven’t been listened to, the way we should have been. Myself, Pierre [Gas♏ly], Daniel [Ricciardo], Fernando [Alons🌼o].

“We’ve said things about the car that haven’t be✅en ta♌ckled, haven’t been fixed.

“We end up with🧸 issues from t𒅌hree 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 of Ocon’s ▨criticism of Alpine has caught some by surprise.

Although his days withi🌺n the te🤡am are numbered, half of the 2024 season still remains.

“I’m surprisedꦏ he said it now,” Sky Sports’ Naomi Schiff said⭕.

“Yes, he’s leaving, but he’s sitting with an Alpin💟e cap on. There ꧟are 10 more races, still with the team.

“It’s funny how these drivers make it seem everything is going r💖eally well then, when they leave, the truth comes out!

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

“But of course, everybody’s needs🐼 need to be met. It doesn’t so♛und like he felt that was the case.

“In some ways, the result💮s do show. You 🅠can tell with the constant management changes.”

At the F1 Belgian Grand Prix thiꦡs weekend, 💞Bruno Famin announced he will soon depart as team principal.

It is only a year since Otmar Szafnauer left thꦡe same job, amid a wider exodus from Alpine.

Famin also revealed the team are co꧙nsidering bಌecoming an engine customer for the 2026 regulations.

Bernie Collins said about Ocon’s criticism of the team: “We’ve all worked in teams where it needs one person to speak out and hopefully it br𝓰ings change.

“The driver, I describe as the m𝔉ost expensi🧸ve that we have in the car.

“The first thing we ask in a debri💝ef is: what is your biggest limitation?

“You need the driver to be c༒omfortable, to do exactly🦹 what you want.

"It’s not a PlayStationও. They need to feel confidence in the car to meet the braking point, lap after 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 develꦿoping it around neither is a big problem!”

Oconꦕ went seventh-fastest in FP2 on Fridayꩲ at the Belgian Grand Prix.

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