Alonso exploded against teammate Ocon

In Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the battles between the two teammates were understood. The first had his career compromised due to tire wear. The second could cost him a good result against a Russell who took advantage of that fight to open up a gap to the two Alpines in an appointment where Fernando eventually withdrew due to a problem. And this time, Alonso and Ocon had it again in Hungary. It has been a long time since they clashed like this, again with a French driver being too aggressive against his teammate, as happened in Arabia, when Esteban closed the Spaniard against the wall in a dangerous maneuver.

This time, in Hungary, Fernando Alonso started 6th and Esteban Ocon came from 5th place. The rider from Oviedo came out better and tried to overtake Ocon, but the Frenchman first closed the Spaniard towards the mute, who, changing direction, saw how Esteban stopped him again with a change of direction to the left to cover him. Finally, Alonso chose the inside of the curve, but had to take his foot off the accelerator to avoid touching the Frenchman, who left no space. In this way, Alonso saw how he went from having several positions, to losing two places with respect to Hamilton and Verstappen, who were excellent on the outside.

So in the heat, Fernando Alonso couldn’t hold back and blurted out clear words towards his partner, full of irony: “Never in my life have I seen a defense like Esteban’s today. Never.” A good listener few words. Ferdinand was angry.

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The matter did not end there. A few laps later, on lap 24, the man from Oviedo and the Frenchman clashed again. This happened after a very bad stop in the Alpine with Ocon, which was 4.6 seconds, something that brought the Normans out of the pits with cold rubber just in front of the Spaniard. There, in order not to jeopardize the team’s result, the wall should have asked Esteban to pass Fernando so that they would both be left with a Ricciardo clinging to the man from Oviedo. But nothing happened. Again, silence on the wall.

The two battled it out, with Ocon’s aggressive defense ending in Ricciardo passing the two Alpines on the inside. A McLaren, Alpine’s main rival on whom millions were at stake for fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship, due to a fratricidal battle. Not allowed.

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Despite this, Esteban Ocon will let Fernando Alonso pass. It’s possible that’s why the man from Oviedo, already cold, didn’t want to make his anger public and ignored the matter in his remarks after ‘DAZN F1’.

In great difficulty, with a one-stop strategy, ending with a hard rubber that slipped too much at the end, Alonso was 8th and Esteban Ocon was 9th. The French team saved the furniture thanks to how much Ricciardo sank at the end on the hard rubber, finishing 15th.

“I stand up and that way we don’t touch each other”

after the race, Fernando Alonso He doesn’t want to give more importance to what happened to Esteban Ocon.

“Every point counts this year. In a race where we started in a good position, and it was difficult for us to get points. The 8th, after a lot of struggle. One stop we knew it was it will be complicated and at the limit and how it is. And this rain at the end the truth is it brought a lot of stress when we didn’t need it. But I’m happy,” he said.

“The truth is that I had to get up a lot in turns 1, 2 and 5, that I would go out on him, and he was a little aggressive on that first lap. But I got up and that way we didn’t touch. And in the end we got passed I’m his,” he said in relation to the exit.

“But we finished 8th and 9th. It won’t change much for the team. The important thing is to be close to McLaren and now we got the same points as them in a difficult race. So in the end the the result was positive,” he added.

“Deserved vacation. Our July is intense, there are 4 races in 5 weekends, so let’s rest a little first, the team too, the mechanics… in the end from Thursday to Sunday, but the cyclists always come and disassemble the garage. and go the truth is that they deserve a little rest”, concluded the Spaniard, who starting this Monday, this summer break, will discuss his future with Alpine with the aim of renewing for two years.