Esteban Ocon he puffed out his chest for having been ahead of Fernando Alonso in the drivers’ classification. However, the pilots themselves and the team leaders placed the Spaniard ahead. A setback for the Frenchman… and it could not be the only one.
Because it seems that in Alpine they are going to consider Pierre Gasley as their “technical leader”. This has been stated by nothing more and nothing less than Lauren Rossi, general director of the team.
In statements collected by ‘Motorsport’, he explains: “He was the technical leader in many aspects at AlphaTauri. We want him to continue to be so here, to help the team grow and also for him to grow alongside us, to lead us to a new level of competitiveness.
“We hope that give us what we need to continue developing the car, because at this moment we are more or less in the middle zone and we need to go one step further”, indicates Rossi, referring to Gasly.
He believes that he is the right driver to have those conversations that help improve the car: “It means that you need, from Friday itself, be able to give good feedback‘ to the team and guide everyone in the right direction so that the car improves from the first moment.”
Will Gasly lead Alpine ahead of Ocon? How did these words feel to the most veteran on the team? Ocon has already shown with Alonso that he would do anything to stay ahead of his partner. He even shut you down on the track in a dangerous way.
