Esteban Ocon and the Alpine team they promised them very happy in Australia. the track, where Fernando Alonso he was close to taking pole position in 2022, it seemed to be perfect for a good performance from the French brand… but the Frenchman did not have the best of luck in the ranking.
And that it seemed that they could be among the best. It seemed like that because in Q1 it was not bad. Not much less. But then, when the rest started to put more into their respective cars, Ocon began to suffer.
He began to not feel as comfortable on the court. Neither him, neither did Pierre Gasly. Of course, of the two it was the rookie with Alpine who could smile more.
because it was he who went to Q3. He did it by the hair, but he arrived. He came in to start ninth in the Australian race, from where he will be able to see his teammate in the rearview mirror.
It was 7 thousandths that left Ocon out in Q2. Yes, not an blink perhaps, but enough for Albon to keep one of the ten places in Q3 with a Williams that stood out in sector 2.
When they gave the bitter news to Ocon, that of his result, a word was heard on his radio: “Traffic!”
Yes, one word and A shout of the one who knows that he had it in his hand but that in the end the prize fell the other way.
At the moment, Alpine is still not where he wanted. From the fourth team they have gone to fifth due to the rise of Aston Martin, and who knows what happens when McLaren arrives in Azerbaijan with its final car. YHaah…
