F1 star Esteban Ocon in BRUTAL public criticism of own team

Lewis Hamilton, Esteban Ocon, 2023 — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 star in BRUTAL public criticism of own team

A F1 star did not hold back in their assessment of their team

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Saturday 27 July 2024 22:00

An F1 star has delivered a brutal assessment of Alpine after revealing there is ‘unhappiness’ within the team.

Alpine have endured a difficult 2024 season, falling to the back of the grid, and have failed to demonstrate positive development.

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Their woes worsened at the Belgian GP, where they announced the departure of their team principal Bruno Famin, only a year after Otmar Szafnauer was axed from the role.

Race winner Esteban Ocon will also leave Alpine after five seasons with the team, where he will join Haas for 2025.

Esteban Ocon unearths ‘unhappiness’ at Alpine

“The decision for me was quite clear, you know, quite a long time ago, that I wanted a new challenge, I wanted to write my story,” Ocon said. “In Formula 1 terms, we've achieved good things we've achieved, you know, things a little bit more difficult at times.

“But yes, for sure. You know, this season has been frustrating, it’s no secret that no one's happy inside the team, to where we are. And there hasn't been, you know, enough of an improvement on some terms, on some technical issues that we had years ago.”