The French team Alpine presented its racing car for the 2023 season called A523, which will be driven by Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. For the first three races of the season, the team will dress the car completely in the pink color of the main sponsor BWT.
The Alpine team has announced the date of the introduction of the racing car for the 2023 season, with the designation A523. The French team, otherwise owned by Renault, will unveil its car on February 16 in London, which is the fourth confirmed date for the introduction of F1 cars of the 2023 season. Alpha Tauri will unveil its colors and team on February 11, Aston Martin on February 13, Ferrari on February 14. https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1610652283104018437 Esteban Ocon will race for the team from Enston again this year, for the fourth season, and in the neighboring garage he will be joined by the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who moved from the Alpha team after 2022 Tauri and will replace Fernando Alonso. Alpine finished fourth among teams last season, winning the unofficial "others" championship for the main actor
Esteban Ocon said he can be satisfied at the end of the 2022 season, having collected more points than team rival Fernando Alonso. In 21 seasons in F1, of all Alonso's team-mates, only Jenson Button managed such a feat in the 2015 season, when he and McLaren Mp4-30 collected 16 and 11 points. "It feels really good, Fernando is a very, very fast racer," said Ocon. "I had to show everything I know to be able to finish the season ahead of him and I'm really happy that I did it. The only thing I missed this season is some podiums. But they come in different circumstances, which this year unlike last year, there were none, but I hope that we will have them next year." Alonso, who will already test on Tuesday with the Aston Martin racing car, where he is moving in the 2023 season, raced in Abu Dhabi
Esteban Ocon was the fastest driver of the morning part of the second day of winter testing in Bahrain. The Frenchman with the Alpine race car was 1 seconds faster than Charles Leclerc in Ferrari with a time of 34.276: 0.090. Max Verstappen, who drove the first laps in Bahrain with a new race car, was third with almost 1.6 seconds less lap time. George Russell drove the most laps with a Mercedes, which completed 66 laps. The day was interrupted several times by the red flag. Once because of a breakdown of the Williams race car ... https://twitter.com/F1/status/1502242964147421194 And finally because of Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) https://twitter.com/F1/status/1502238097551278083
German Auto Bild reports that a decision has been made about teammate Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes team. Finn Valtteri Bottas will race alongside the Briton next season as well, and the official confirmation from the team is expected in the coming days. Esteban Ocon, who was vying for the Bottas seat, is said to have severed all contractual ties with the German team, where he serves as a reserve racer, and moved to the French team Renault. The talented Frenchman is expected to replace Nico Hulkenberg there, who will move to Haas, where Romain Grosjean will finish his full cooperation after four seasons.
Toto Wolff is struggling these days with deciding who will race next season at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton. The question that arises is whether the racing line-up will remain the same as this year and Valtteri Bottas will keep his place, or whether there will be changes and Finch’s race car will be taken over by Esteban Ocon. But an even bigger change could come to the Silver Arrows team a year later, when Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel are expected to be on the wish list. Hamilton’s contract expires at the end of the 2020 season, as does Vettl’s with Ferrari. According to Wolff, the head of the Mercedes team, the German is one of the key players in Formula One for a few more seasons. “You don’t become a four-time world champion just by chance,” Wolff said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport. "It's Sebastian and b
Mercedes manager Toto Wolf has confirmed that Esteban Ocon will play the role of reserve racer in his team next season. Ocon, who lost his seat in the Force India team against Lance Stroll. Attempts to play in another team next season, including Renault, McLaren and Williams, failed. On Friday, Toto Wolf confirmed that although Ocon will not be competing next season, he will remain closely associated with the home team, where he will play the role of reserve racer. “The plan is clear,” Wolf said. "He will stay very close to our team, next season he will be both our reserve and third racer. We want him to also perform in one test, before or during the season. The decision on that has not yet been made. A lot, he will do the work in a simulator to will definitely be ready
Former world champion Damon Hill said Max Verstappen reminds him of Ayrton Senna, while believing he will learn a lot from his mistakes just as the Brazilian did. The Red Bull racer lost a practically guaranteed victory due to a collision with Esteban Ocon, and although Hill blamed the French racer for the main culprit, he is convinced that the more experienced racer would leave more space than the Dutchman and thus avoid contact. "There used to be a guy in Formula 1 who occasionally bumped into other racers when it wasn't necessary. I meant Senna, of course. It's kind of a pattern for all young racers." "Clearly, Ocon shouldn't have gotten into a situation like this with a leading race car driver. But Max took a risk instead of leaving and simply waiting for a better chance to get him.
Red Bull leader Christain Horner is defending his protégé Max Verstappen after he pushed Ocon after a race for a collision that cost him his victory. Horner commented on the incident after the race, saying, "I think Max was pretty calm. It cost him the win. He did everything for that win today. To be honest I can say that Esteban is lucky that Max just pushed him." Emotions have taken their toll here. " "In the lap after the race I told him to get under control as he didn't lose the race by his own mistake, which angers the whole team. We did everything right, overtook Mercedes and Ferrari and eventually lost the race because of the racer lagging behind the lap." Ocon pushed forward from eighteenth place, then put on new supersoft tires with which he tried to return to the same circle as the leader. "J.
Esteban Ocon responded to Max Verstappen’s criticism and anger over the collision he blamed. As he said, the Dutch racer lacks professionalism, which he proved while weighing where they met. Verstappen aggressively pushed Ocon at the weigh-in, expressing his anger at him. Even the commissioners intervened to prevent a fight between them. "The commissioners had to intervene as he became very aggressive. He pushed me and wanted to hit me, it's not professional." Asked if he intended to talk to him about it, he replied, "I've been used to fighting Max since the past. So the answer is no." He defended his move with the words that he has every right to return to the same circle as the leader with this overtaking. Especially after he was on the faster sup
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