Pierre Gasly vs Esteban Ocon at Alpine - who will be team leader? Will they clash?
Gasly and Ocon will form an all-French 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up for Alpine, the French team, rekindling their 🌱childhood friendship which has sincꦛe turned sour.
Gasly has signed a multi-year deal to join from AlphaTauri as the replacement for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso.
“Esteba🥃n will think he’s team leader because he’s part of the furniture now,” ex-F1 driver di Resta sa🥀id on Sky.
“But Pierre will come in and look at what Fernando has been able to do against Esteban. Fernando h𝓡as that wealth of experience.
“Pierre is coming in thinking he’s theಌ chosen one.
“That’s where tꦕhey will come together. It will be cosy to♈ begin with. But at some point they will come together on the track.
“It depends what the🉐 management says: ‘This is acceptable, this is not’.
“They may flouꦜrish. They may have the competition to drive the team forwards.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jenson Button added: “French drivers in a French team? I don🅘’t know if i♈t will be like at Ferrari, with Italian drivers in an Italian team. Not an easy atmosphere.”
Alonso was among the highest-paid in the list of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 driver salaries this season but, a💜fter Alpine shed his pay packet, they will replace him with Gasly.
Gasly and Ocon are both currently earning an estimated £4.1m in 2022 but꧑ their pay next year could indicate their seniority in Alpine’s eyes.
Gasly will be replaced by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries, who will partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda, at AlphaTauri next season.
Ocon sಞhone in Qualifying for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix and will start in fifth, with Gas💫ly 17th.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 𝓰from American sports, to football, to F1.
