The «circle» Ocon needs at Haas after being ignored at Alpine
Esteban Ocon has lamented the lack of communication at the Alpine Formula 1 team and says he will do his utmost «to not miss any single detail» at Haas. The Frenchman has spent the last four and a half seasons with the Enstone-based outfit, whose performance over that period of time stagnated then deteriorated. The […]
Ocon reveals support «from right people» after Gasly crash controversy
Esteban Ocon has revealed he received support from the «right people» in the aftermath of his controversial clash with Pierre Gasly at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Frenchman charged to the inside of Alpine team-mate Gasly at Portier on the opening lap at the Principality, before the duo tangled to leave him out of the […]
Magnussen to depart Haas after 2024 F1 season, Ocon closes on 2025 deal
Kevin Magnussen will leave the Haas Formula 1 team at the end of the 2024 season, the American squad announced on Thursday. Magnussen holds the record for most F1 races started for Haas – 135, out of a career total of 175 which included time racing for McLaren and Renault. The Dane is currently in […]
Ocon denies Doohan’s FP1 outing is a punishment for Monaco F1 incident
The Frenchman is leaving Alpine at the end of this year after he and the team announced this week that their futures were better set apart. That decision came shortly after a controversial collision with Gasly on the opening lap of the Monte Carlo race, which left his team boss Bruno Famin warning that there […]
Ocon to leave Alpine at end of F1 season
Although it is understood that the decision is not based entirely on what happened at Monaco, the recent events did play a part in the decision that it would be best for them not to continue into 2025. Speaking about the decision, Ocon said: “It’s been a significant period of my life to be racing […]
Ocon hits out at «misinformed statements and gross distortions» after Alpine F1 clash
Ocon made a bold move on then ninth-placed Gasly in the first lap of the Monte Carlo race, diving down the inside at Portier, which turned out to be too optimistic – both Alpine cars collided and the former had to retire after being launched in the air. Gasly criticised his partner for not respecting […]
Alpine not ruling out F1 driver line-up change after latest Ocon Gasly clash
The French manufacturer nearly had both its cars out of the Monaco Grand Prix early on after Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly collided on the exit of Portier on the opening lap of the original start. Ocon had made an optimistic lunge down the inside of Gasly on the entry to the corner and, as […]
Gasly rues costly floor damage from Ocon contact in F1 Japanese GP
The pair touched at the restart following the early red flag, with Gasly losing what the team later estimated as around 33 points of downforce, which equates to a potential lap time impact of up to 0.7-0.9 seconds. Ocon also suffered some damage and thereafter both drivers had an even trickier race than they had […]