![Alpine F1’s Esteban Ocon delivers the Ballon d’Or trophy with the F1 car[F1-Gate.com]](https://i0.wp.com/f1-gate.com/media/img2022/20221019-esteban-ocon.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Alpine F1’s Esteban Ocon delivers the Ballon d’Or trophy with the F1 car[F1-Gate.com]")
Alpine F1 Team driver Esteban Ocon presented the Ballon d’Or at the award ceremony in Paris on 17 October.
The Ballon d’Or is one of the most prestigious trophies a footballer can win and on Monday the honor went to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
Alpine is a partner of the Ballon d’Or, with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon competing in 2021 and Lionel Messi winning the award for the seventh time.
On the occasion of 2022, Esteban Ocon took the trophy to the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in a V8-spec F1 car decorated in the colors of the Alps.
Esteban Ocon wasn’t the only F1 driver to attend the ceremony, as was his 2023 teammate Pierre Gasly, along with Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi.
The Alpine F1 Team is back in action at this weekend’s US F1 Grand Prix to further strengthen its fourth position in the Constructors’ Championship.
WHAT A NOISE!
It’s just that … Esteban Ocon brings the Trophy! @alpinecars@AlpineRacing#Golden Ball pic.twitter.com/lldfIkAkN5
– Golden Ball #ballondor (@francefootball) October 17, 2022
Category: F1 / Esteban Ocon / Alpine
