What to expect from Alpine?

Alpine continue to remain ahead of their nearest midfield competitors but have struggled to close the gap to F1’s leading three teams - Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.

The French ma🦩nufacturer has been unable to replicate its memorable win at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, although it has shown signs of progression relative to last year after completely overhauling the power unit.

Esteban Ocon will lead the ౠteam’s charge in 2022 after Ferna✤ndo Alonso decided to switch to Aston Martin.

While Ocon has lacked outright pace relative꧑ to Alonso, he has been incredibly consistent in terms of points scoring.

Ocon is the 🐻perfect midfield driver for the team despite lacking the big results, especially in qualifying, relative to Alonso.

The identity of Ocon's teammate is✤🌸 unknown with their first choice - Oscar Piastri - opting to join McLaren.

Can Ocon lead the team?

With Alonso leaving t🌠he team, Ocon wiꦜll naturally be the team’s leader, regardless of who Ricciardo’s replacement is.

The Frenchman was rewarded with a three-year contract after a solid s🎐tart to la🌳st year.

McLaren have Lando Norris, Aston ✱Martin will have Alons🦹o - is Ocon on a par with either driver? No, but he’s dependable, reliable and is a reliable points scorer.