In the Saudi Arabian Grand Prixsecond appointment of the calendar of Formula 1 in 2022, Fernando Alonso Y Esteban Ocon they had their first serious ‘fight’ on the track when the French almost stamped the Asturian against the wall.
In Brazilthe penultimate date of the campaign, the two-time F1 world champion and the Frenchman had them again and, after a year of many internal disputes, the team said ‘enough’.
However, with the Oviedo already in Aston Martinit seems that Alpine It has not learned from its mistakes and, as its CEO has explained, laurent rossithey will let Ocon and Gasly fight on the asphalt.
This is how he explained it in statements to ‘L’Équipe’: “It’s a high-level sport and in the emotion of the moment, there will be problemsbut the important thing is that it doesn’t penalize the team in terms of performance.”
“As I told Ocon and Fernando Alonso this year, we let them run until the team self-harmed like in Brazil“, he pointed out.
“So if there’s a problem, they will be the big losers because many think they are big kids. Now they can show that they have become mature leaders,” she added.
Of course, Rossi sends a clear message to his pilots: “When they finish their contract they will be close to 30 years old and it is dangerous to be kicked out of a team because you have not shown enough maturity. They are both aware of this and have affirmed it to me individually and together.”
“The day we aim for titles, maybe we will (bet on a first and second pilot). Because the drivers’ title is more important than the constructors’ title and it is a constructor who tells you that”, the boss of Alpine.
Meanwhile, Rossi has not hesitated to ‘stir up’ Fernando Alonso bringing to the scene the stick that Ocon recently gave him stating that he did “98% of the work.”