Guenther Steiner revealed that Alpine's relationship with driver Esteban Ocon has reportedly reached a new low. Steiner explained that the French driver has become such a 'headache' for the team that it is eager to part ways with him.
has reportedly reached a new low. Steiner explained that the French driver has become such a "headache" for the team that it is eager to part ways with him., Sky Sports F1 lead commentator David Croft suggested there was tension between Ocon and Alpine, which extended to his relationship with teammate Pierre Gasly. This tension reached a boiling point when the two collided in Monaco, leaving then-team boss Bruno Famin enraged.
Steiner believes that Ocon's relationship with the Enstone outfit reached a point where the team just wanted to get rid of him. Revealing on the“I think it turned into such a headache that they said, ‘it’s better a painful end than never-ending pain. “And when you’re in a team and you have got always the same problem that you cannot fix it after years, it’s like, ‘we need to do something different here’, otherwise you just kick the can down the road. It will come back.”
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