Ocon reacting to Alonso

Fernando Alonso The end was clear and strong Mexican F1 GPThe Asturian driver is already racing and is the only alpine It was he who suffered from mechanical problems, or I’ve had very few reliability issues. “Return to Car No. 14”, He said. The composition of the phrase was not accidental. That was a clear message to the team. And after newly abandoning Mexico, another failure in his engine made the Asturian even clearer. , because everyone gets more points than they should,” he said. “In Honda’s first year there was a 72 grid position penalty at the end of the year, but both cars were stopped at Honda. Only the 14” car was stopped this year.Added Spanish.but your partner Stephen Ocon He didn’t seem to agree with Oviedo’s speech.

“I broke my gearbox at Imola, my car broke at Silverstone, I retired in Singapore. My car broke too.”said the Norman driver, who will continue at Alpine with new teammate Pierre Gasly next year. In that sense, he recalled having the same engine as the Spaniards. Sure, Norman has six internal combustion engines like the Spanish, but Fernando uses one more element of the turbo, MGU-K.

Esteban was also worried, This is not a denial of definite facts. Alonso was more affected by his mechanical setbacks and this shows his entire season.

Esteban Ocon realized Alpine needs to improve reliabilitybut was happy with the path the French team chose to risk such setbacks, hoping to prioritize power over reliability.

alpine We wanted to prioritize horsepower over engine durability for obvious reasons. This year we had to ask for more power as the engine was frozen until 2026. Improvements can only be made for reliability reasons if the FIA ​​allows it. So Alpine wanted more power, be aware that in this first year that engine may be subject to major problems. This was already seen at the Barcelona test, where the engine had some setbacks. Alpine has the worst engine in his 2021, also facing a propeller design change, and was the engine that had to improve the most compared to the previous year. These factors are key to understanding the issues in this course.