calmed the waters in Alpine after amending the scarecrow from qualifying to sprint with the great joint result between Fernando Alonso Y Esteban Ocon In race, otmar szafnauerteam leader, has analyzed what happened.
“We told him that they had different strategies and one of the two (Alonso) had a wheel advantage (of only five laps). We were not going to fight and we were going to lose the minimum amount of time on the track. Esteban was right when he said that he could pass Vettel and Bottasand then he exchanged positions”, he explained in statements to ‘As’.
Of course, despite noting that “reasonable people always come to the same conclusion”the Romanian has not evaded giving a call to attention to Esteban Ocon for the “nonsense” of “pushing your partner out”.
“It had to be stressed that it is unacceptable to touch each other when behind you have 1,000 people between the two factories working weekends, preparing improvements, in addition to the mechanics. That nonsense on the track, pushing your partner off…”has pointed.
First goodbye to Alonso
At the same time, Szafnauer has indicated that the team will miss Fernando “a lot” despite having Gasly since the Asturian “He continues to drive brilliantly and reads the races very well.”
“Very, very much. It comes Pierre Gasleywe will have a good combination of youth, speed and experience in the two drivers. We will try to win Fernando next year. But there is no doubt that he is a great world champion, even now, at 41 years old, he continues to ride brilliantly and reads the races very well,” says the Alpine boss.
“It is the first year that I compete with him and he seems like a supreme competitor and lightning fast“he adds, before referring to Fernando’s next stop: Aston Martin.
“I already read that he wants to test the green car, and that is not far away, he will do it shortly. But he is a professional and the only thing he will try is to score the maximum points, he will also do it in Abu Dhabi. We wish him the best in the future, although not much because he will try to beat us next year“, has settled the Romanian.