Alpine-Ocon: stop at the end of 2024
In the two weeks of waiting between the Monaco Grand Prix and this weekend’s in Canada, in Alpine yet another change has been made official within a team in great difficulty, even if it will materialize at the end of the season: after the controversies that arose following the contact between the two teammates, although this was not the only reason of the breakup, Esteban Ocon he will no longer be part of the team from next year.
Rivalry between teammates
The future of the Frenchman is still uncertain, as is that of Pierre Gasly, whose contract expires at the end of the season and without any agreement reached to date with the Enstone team. This will bring to an end a coexistence inside the garage that was certainly not simple for the two transalpine drivers, already rivals in their karting days and who found themselves teammates last year, when Gasly accepted the offer of his compatriots after an F1 career spent almost entirely in AlphaTauri, with which he won the 2020 Italian GP.
Relationship not always simple
The episode in Monaco was not the only contact on the track that occurred between the two, even if Gasly reiterated with conviction that the period between now and the end of the championship will take place without tension and without problems: “The history between me and Esteban is long, and in the last year and a half we were able to work and collaborate in a very professional way – explained #10 to the media – this is very important because it has not always been easy, as you can imagine from two very competitive drivers, but considering the history between us, it was nice. The directives were quite clear in Monaco and unfortunately that’s not what happened on the track, but I’m confident that there will be no problems in the future“.
Waiting for an announcement
Gasly, therefore, has not yet defined his future with the team or elsewhere, but the non-renewal of Ocon will have no influence on his decision: “Honestly, absolutely nothing changes – he has declared – at the moment It’s clear what position I’m in and for now I have nothing to announce about my future. You will know in due time“.
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