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Ocon on the verge of abandoning the Sprint Race: “It was hot! »
L'Alpine by Esteban Ocon will she hold up on Sunday? © Xavi Bonilla / DPPI
Sixth place won by Esteban Ocon (Alpine) during the Sprint Race of Red Bull Is Ring (Austria) this Saturday July 9 a sham? The concern was palpable in the Blues clan despite the Frenchman's arrival in the points.
Indeed, a mechanical alert of still unknown origin was triggered in the Normand's cockpit just after the checkered flag was crossed! " It was right. During the deceleration lap, I had a little problem, did he declare at the microphone of Canal+. We need to look at what we got. It was hot, I didn't miss much (to give up. Editor’s note). »
Pre-Sprint engineering chat. #AustrianGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/8D1wMMp2Ou
—BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) July 9, 2022
Esteban Ocon benefited from better fortune than his teammate Fernando Alonso, unable to start of the formation lap a few tens of minutes before. Alpine could find itself in a bad position if reliability decides to give up this weekend.
“Reliability is hard for everyone right now, tempers the winner of the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. It's a new car, a new concept, all the teams have pushed their ideas to the maximum and so have we. So far we haven't had too many problems. The car is very fast. I trust the team to sort this out for tomorrow. »
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