🗣️'It's been pure pleasure to drive that car in qualifying yesterday and in the race.' Esteban Ocon lauded the performance of Alpine’s new F1 car floor that helped him to secure a season-best finish of fourth in the Japanese Grand Prix ⬇️
Alpine introduced the heavily revised floor in Singapore, while knowing that any gains wouldn’t necessarily be maximised on the bumpy street track.
With Ocon taking fourth, Alpine’s best finish of the season, and team-mate Fernando Alonso in seventh having just lost out to Sebastian Vettel at the chequered flag, Alpine retook fourth in the F1 world constructors’ standings from McLaren by seven points with four races remaining.“I think it was a matter of time until we could really show what the car was capable of,” said Ocon when asked by Autosport about the benefits of the new floor.“It's been awesome.
“I think this one and Spa,” he said when asked by Autosport if the updated car was the best of the year. “Arguably both circuits that are quite similar in terms of efficiency.
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