Alpine off, McLaren on!

Double abandonment for Alpine and a nice group shot in the Top 5 on the Woking side, which takes fourth place in the Manufacturers' championship by four points. Sunday at Suzuka, the Blues will have to put the lights back on.

Published on 04/10/2022 à 19:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Alpine off, McLaren on!

Alonso can only see the damage after a dark weekend for Alpine / © DPPI

Fernando Alonso (Alpine) fiercely defended his 6th place against a Max Verstappen eager to regain the lead as quickly as possible when he was forced to stop his machine. Six laps later, in the 27th, what seemed to be the same engine problem caused the team to climb back to the top 10 gates.Esteban Ocon, forced to start from 17th place on the grid following a brake problem in Q1.

At the pace that was his then, he could legitimately complete the harvest of the Spaniard who, for his 350th career start, a new record, cherished the hope of a Top 5. Suddenly, after

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