“Disgraceful” Alpine lambasted as “floundering”, drivers tipped to quit
Eddie Jordan blasts Alpine for their bad start to F1 2024 season and wa🐬rns their drivers will look to leave
Alpine are “absolutely embarrassing” and will lose drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, Eddie Jordan claims.
Alpine have endured a rough start to the 2024 F1 season with 🐭grand prix finished in 20th, 18th, 17thౠ and 13th so far.
Technical director Matt Ha🔜rman and head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer have followed team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane, who left last year, out of the door.
“Really difficult times for Alpine,” David Coulthard said on the🍸 podcast.
“The two drivers have been upbeat in their response to the predi൩cament that they find themselves in.
ཧ“I fi𝓰nd that Alpine are faceless. I don’t know who is running the show.”
Speaking to Jordan, Coulthard asked: “A lot of the Formula 1 teams, th൲e personalities of the team p🔜rincipals - or the madness of the team principals, if I think of yourself - your presence was felt when you bounced down the paddock.
“Don’t you think𝔍 🃏that’s part of the leadership role?
“It’s a personality-🌳driven role as well as a manager𓂃ial role.”
Jo𒐪rdan responded: “The🍌 marketing structure that Jordan had was different to Alpine.
“We had Irish music playing🅠 before qualifying! We had a press breakfast. We got morꦡe coverage because we fed them little stories.
“True or false? It didn’t matter!”
J♛ordan identified Alpine’s key error: “They got rid of Ottmar prematurel📖y. It was a mistake.
“He was a talented person wh꧟o knew how to keep that team in the right direction.
“At the moment they are the most floundering꧂ team, it is absolutely embarrassing.
“I find it embarrassing to watch Gasly and Ocon who are capable of winning ra🌊ces.
🌟“Do I see Alpine there next 🎶year? Absolutely not. Not a chance.
“It’s wide open for a sale.
“Renaultꩵ have pulled back for it, they don’t want to spend the money on the engine.
“The 💝engine for 2026 is such a big outlay that it’s frightening 💙them.
“E✃ven though th💙e value of the team, they talk about £1 billion.
“Alpine have been disgraceful in not being able to perform for their drivers, for their team, to give them that car to com🥀pete i🌞n the championship.
“It’s unaccept🌄able. I wouldn’t put up w🙈ith it. Shocking!”
Gasly and Ocon will both see their current🌸 contracts ex🥀pire at the end of this year.
Ocon, as a ಞMercedes junior, is in the mix to replace Lewis Hamilton in 2025.
James was a sports ꩵjournalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
