Marcin Budkowski has claimed “everyone” at Alpine found out168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Esteban Ocon had made a visit to F1 rivals Wil🌌lia꧃ms thanks to GPS data on his company car.

Ocon signed with Haas aft♎er Alpine confirmed back in June that they would 𓆏be parting ways at the end of the 2024 season.

Williams boss James Vowles revealed in July that Ocon had visited Grove for a sea💖t fit as the team weighed up their fut🌄ure driver options.

Former Alpine executive director Budkowski, who left the French squad in 2022, has c⛎laimed that GPS data on Ocon’s company car revealed he had been at Williams.

“He wไas in Enstone before the Silverstone race and when he’s there, he drives an Alpine that was lent to him as a company🎐 car,” Budkowski is quoted as telling Viaplay Poland.

“But these cars have trackers, the GPS. So it turned out that his Alpine car was pౠarked in Williams’ pa🗹rking lot for five hours during Esteban’s stay in Great Britain, and this is how everyone at Alpine found out that Esteban spent half a day there.

“I don’t think [he was a♔ware]. Butﷺ let’s face it, the team didn’t extend his contract so Esteban can talk to the other teams.

that Williams had been evaluating Ocon for a potential drive in either 2025 or 2026.

Williams ultimately signed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz on a multi-year deal following the Spaniard’s exit from Ferrari to make way for the incoming 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

“Esteban came in for, not a real seat fit, but I wanted toꦗ evaluate him for 2025 and 2026,” Vowles told Autosport.

“I needed to do that because I need to actually ascertain whether he fit in the car or not. Becau📖se he’s, as is Alex, a tall chap, but his dimensions are a bit difficult in certain dimensions.

"Everything we are 𒁏doing at the moment is - just to clarify that one - for '25 and beyond on drivers, nothing else.

"He was definitely a consideration. I've known him for many years, obviously, at Mercedes, [he] fell uᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnder myself and Toto [Wolff] and Gwen's management and looked after him.

"He's been mighty quick. You don't outqualify Fernando [Alonso] unless you are mighty. If you create the right environment around him, he can be ve𒀰ry strong. So that's why he was a co𝓰nsideration.”

Vowles suggested at the time that Oco♐n is unlikely to be an option for Williams in the future.

"I think where he is at the moment our paths won't cross and I think it's a sha꧅me ꧟because there's certain bits that I can see would work,” he added.

"But other bits that I just don't think will work in the time frame we have as well. But what I can say is I'm confident he will have a very success꧋ful future in Formula 1.”

Ocon will partner F1 rookie Oliver Bearman to form a new-look line-up at Haas🅘 in 2025.