“Disgraceful” Alpine lambasted as “floundering”, drivers tipped to quit
Eddie Jordan blasts Alpine for their bad start to F1 2024 season an💛d warns their drivers will look to leave
Alpine are “absolutely embarrassing” and will lose drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, Eddie Jordan claims.
Alpine have endured a rough start to the 2024 F1 season with grand prix finished in 20🌜th, 18💮th, 17th and 13th so far.
Technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodynamiꦛcs Dirk de Beer have followed team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane, who left last year, out of the door.
“Really difficult times for Alpine,” David Coulthard ♐said on the podcast.
“The two drivers have been upbeat in their response to t😼he predica♉ment that they find themselves in.
“I find that Alpine are faceless. I don’t know who is running the s♕how.”
Speaking to Jordan, Coulthard asked: “A lot of the Formula 1 teams, the personalities of the team principals - or the madness of the team principals, if I think of yourself - yourꦍ presence was felt when you bounced down the paddock.
“Don’t you think th✨at’s part of the leaders🐼hip role?
“It’s ℱa p🥂ersonality-driven role as well as a managerial role.”
J🥂ordan responded: “The marketiཧng structure that Jordan had was different to Alpine.
“We had Irish music playing before qualifying! We had a press breakfast. We got mo🐲re coverage because we fed them little stories.
“True or false? It didn’t matter!”
Jordan identified Alp🎀ine’s key error: “They got rid of Ottmar prematurely. It was a miꦐstake.
“He was a talented person who knew how to keep th൩at team in the right direction.
“At the m✃oment th♕ey are the most floundering team, it is absolutely embarrassing.
“I find it embarrassing to watch Gasly and Ocon who are capable oꦇf winning races.
😼⛎“Do I see Alpine there next year? Absolutely not. Not a chance.
“It’s wide open for a sale.
“Renault have pull𝓰ed෴ back for it, they don’t want to spend the money on the engine.
“The engine for 2🌟🎐026 is such a big outlay that it’s frightening them.
“Even th🔴ough the value of the team, 🉐they talk about £1 billion.
“Alpine have been disgraceful in not being able to perform for their drivers, for their team, to g🅘ive them that car to compete in t💟he championship.
“It’s unacceptable. I would🅺n’t put up w꧂ith it. Shocking!”
Gasly and Ocon will both see their current c𒈔ontracts expire at the end of this year.
Ocon, as a Mercedes junior, is in the mix to replace Lewis Hamilton in 2025ও.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports𓆏,🍷 to football, to F1.
