Alpine continue in that utopian world in which they see themselves as Second World Cup team. In which they do not go sixth, in the that Fernando Alonso does not multiply by 5 the joint results of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. A world where all is well, and where there is no infighting between your CEO and your boss, without voices already talking about Mattia Binotto could replace Otmar Szafnauer.
Yes, that’s how they are. This is how a Laurent Rossi is that passes in hours to be the most critical of yours to say that Aston Martin is not that far away. that the team that He takes almost a hundred points from them in the World Cup after just five races he is, in terms of performance, close.
“We are not that far from Mercedes or Aston Martin… but now the difference in points is big”, he tells ‘Racing News 365’.
And he explains what is happening: “We are trying to develop the car this year. We could not optimize the opportunities. And Baku was far from ideal.”
In Miami, six points were achieved between Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. Only in Jeddah did they manage to score points with both cars, leaving zero both in Australia, due to an accident between their pilots, and in Azerbaijan.
It was in Florida, and in Saudi Arabia, where they had their best weekend. However, 14 points in five races They seem scarce for a team that last year, with Fernando Alonso, finished fourth in the World Cup and at times were even above Mercedes in terms of pace.
