In Losail the French cars did very well, confirmed by the fact that Fernando Alonso hit the podium, while his teammate finished fifth, with a one-stop strategy.
The result is not only due to this thing, also because the Spaniard was placed in the Top5 in Qualifying, and then moved up to third thanks to the penalties given to Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas.
According to Ocon, the difference in Qatar was made by the team with the set-up, finding an excellent one right from the start.
“Certainly the characteristics of the track were ideal for our car, so it was a further wonderful surprise to discover that we had immediate grip and that everything worked”, says the transalpine.
“But not only that, I think we did an exceptional job in setting up the car, finding little things more than in other races. Little tricks here and there that made a difference this weekend to have more pace.”
“This facilitated tire management, strategy and everything was pretty much perfect. The only thing that didn’t go great was my Q3 on Saturday. We will obviously have a lot of data to analyze to understand why we were so competitive. here. But in general, I think we have made a step forward with the machine in terms of understanding. “
Esteban Ocon, Alpine A521
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With 25 points taken, Alpine scored a good shot on the AlphaTauri in the fight for fifth place in the Constructors’ World Championship with two races to go.
According to Ocon, the overhaul of the team’s management in the last 12 months has “transformed” since the beginning of the season, and now we can think big for 2022 as well.
“We have made a big leap forward since the beginning of the year and compared to last year. I see a team completely transformed and united. We have great pressure from the bosses, Laurent Rossi and Luca di Meo, they care about us as much as we do and support us. completely”.
“We have great feelings, there is no stress or negativity within the team, and we are all pushing in the same direction. So, it’s definitely a perfect environment.”
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