BWT Alpine F1 Staff’s Esteban Ocon achieved his finest end of the season, taking fifth place on the Austrian Grand Prix, as team-mate Fernando Alonso completed tenth after beginning on the again because of the points he had on the beginning grid of the dash race.
Alpine Staff Principal Otmar Szafnauer congratulated Ocon for his spectacular consequence which coincided together with his hundredth Grand Prix. He additionally stated that the consequence proves that the staff’s current upgrades are having a constructive impact.
“Firstly, congratulations to Esteban for marking his one hundredth System 1 Grand Prix begin by scoring ten factors in fifth place. He totally deserved that after driving so properly right this moment and executing an excellent two-stop technique.
“By scoring so extremely, mixed with yesterday’s effort within the Dash, it means the staff is continuous its momentum forwards after delivering some good upgrades at current occasions.”
Szafnauer praised Alonso’s restoration drive on the Crimson Bull Ring, however stated that the reliability points he confronted put a hamper on an in any other case profitable weekend. He emphasised the significance of fixing these issues transferring ahead.
“Fernando too drove exceptionally properly to place behind yesterday’s disappointment and go from the again of the grid by way of to a points-scoring place. We had some reliability points this weekend, which suggests we can not depart Austria feeling utterly happy. We should deal with getting on high of those points so we are able to have a trouble-free second half of the season.
“We clearly have a fast automotive, however we should additionally guarantee all operational problems with the staff are performing to a excessive normal, so we proceed to attain good factors with each automobiles.”
