The Alpine drivers could have scored in the points in the sprint, but in the end, after two first lap crashes when contact occurred between their cars, both were way short of the prize eight.
Fernando Alonso (15th): “Of course, it’s far from ideal if there’s a contact already on the first lap of the sprint, because this race is too short, and you’re unlikely to have time to recover if the safety car doesn’t come.” presents the track or something else anything happens.
On the positive side, it should be noted that the car was capable of very good pace, and we weren’t much behind the leaders. I still managed to regain some positions, so on Sunday I will start from 15th position, and if we show the same pace as today, we could even score some points.
There is no desire to negotiate with a partner about what happened, because there are only a couple of races ahead, after which it will all be over for me. In Jeddah I was already very close to the wall, then the same thing happened in Budapest, and today in the 4th corner he pushed me off the track again. But this happens when partners really compete with each other – at one time Ocon had a similar situation with Sergio Perez.
By the way, he also had an accident with Max Verstappen on this track. But nothing, there is very little left until the end of the season ”.
Esteban Ocon (18th): “The whole team can only regret what happened today, because we started from good positions and are now in the back rows. This means we have a lot of work to do tomorrow and it will be important to work together to try and get through the whole peloton and recover. Moreover, we have succeeded many times over the past two years.
It’s also important to understand what happened in the first lap of the sprint. I tried to attack the McLaren and took the lead into the fourth corner, but Fernando unexpectedly appeared on my right and there was contact between our cars. We can say after that my race was almost over.
I am calm about what happened, and if Fernando is in the same mood, we will continue to work together as normal in the remaining time until the end of the season.
