Ocon: “It’s great to finish ahead of Alonso”

In the 18 seasons played by Fernando Alonso in Formula 1 so far, only Jenson pressedin 2015, was able to overtake him in the points at the end of the World Cup, although it was an unrepresentative result as it was decided by multiple position penalties both incurred due to Honda’s continued engine failure. In that McLaren-Honda, Button finished with 16 points and Alonso with 11. Hamilton also managed to tie the points with Fernando in 2007 at McLaren-Mercedes. The rest, all defeated at the height of Oviedo. Until 2022. Fernando Alonso was clearly affected by many problems with his Alpine and affected his final result. And although Esteban Ocon reiterated that he too had problems, he had fewer setbacks than the ’14’ car and that was noticeable.. Finally, Norman finished ahead, with 92 points, to Alonso’s 81, despite the fact that the Asturian won the qualifying comparison 11-10. Esteban had a very solid year and, with fewer setbacks, he achieved a victory where he will be able to draw his chest from now on, as he did from the moment he got out of his Alpine in the final round of the Abu Dhabi course.

“Alonso is a very, very fast driver. Obviously I have to improve as much as I can and finishing in front of him is a great pleasure this year”, pointed out the French driver, who despite the piques he experienced on the track with the Spaniard with some aggressive defense that the Asturian did not like, as in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Hungary and in the sprint race in Brazil, he wanted to say goodbye to Fernando with good words for his former colleague. Working well with Fernando and pushing the team to that level, so I’m glad to have been with him for two years, I wish him the best at Aston Martin and hopefully we can compete closely in the future as well,” he said. told the press collected by ‘RaceFans’ portal.

“All the goals we set for ourselves were met, we finished fourth in the constructors’ championship. Thank God for that. I lost two and a half kilos this weekend from stress and concentration and it’s also my best season in Formula 1 in terms of points. So I’m very pleased with that, good work by the whole team for developing the car so much of the year and hopefully we can close even more gap (to the top teams) for next year.”