When a race is soporific, at least at the beginning, we can always count on Alpine to put on a show and wake the public from their little Sunday snooze. Something always happens in the blue team when their two drivers find themselves neck and neck in the peloton. Pierre Gasly (10th) and Esteban Ocon (12th) did not finish in the decor despite their numerous battles on the Red Bull Ring and that is already not bad considering yesterday and the outcome of the Max Verstappen-Lando Norris fight.
All the same, there was no sense of serenity in the French clan when Ocon, always ready to defend at the limit, pushed his teammate away for the first time before closing the door on him in a more authoritarian manner a few seconds later. “What was that?” He just kicked me out. Why did he throw me out? », complained Gasly on the radio while Fernando Alonso, a privileged spectator just behind the duo, said a “Wow” which said it all.
After overtaking him, the man who has just extended his contract with Alpine said “ciao” before going to take his point. After the skirmish, the two drivers acted as if nothing had happened. “This is F1 and we fight. The team let us do it,” explained Gasly. “It’s a battle like any other. Nothing happened,” replied his compatriot. Manly but correct overall.
