Esteban Ocon denies Alpine F1 exit is ‘punishment’ for Pierre Gasly clash

Esteban Ocon insists his crash with Alpin🐽e teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco had no bearing on his F1 future.

Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Canada, Preparation
Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand Prix,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon has dismissed the suggestion that his departure from the Alpine F1 team is in any way linked to his incident with teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon crashed into Gasly on the opening lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, a collision which angered Alpine team principal Bruno Famin and led t෴o speculation that the Fren♕chman could be benched for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.

Earlier this week, and eight days after the coming together, ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚAlpine announced that Ocon will leave the team when his contract expires at the end of the year after five seasons at Enstone.

Asked if he was be🎀ing ‘punished’ by Alpine and whether what happened in Monaco had influenced the decision, Ocon told Sky Sports F1: “Not really. Not at all. A group like Renault doesn’t take decisions on sing🦄le moments like that.”

Instead, Ocon insisted his split from Alpine was a m🎃utual decision which followed months of talks.

“For🤡 us, it was important that we’ve discussed for several months and decided together not to continue. It’s been no secret that we’ve been ജtalking with Alpine and other teams as well,” he said.

“I spent five years with this team, achieving great thi𒁏ngs and having some more difficult moments as well. But I am proud of what I achieved with this team and it’s time for me to have other, exciting challenges.

“I think it was definitely the right time to decide to end our relationshi🅺p together.”

Asked if there was any truth to the rumours that Famin had threatened toꦅ bench him for Canada, Ocon replied: “You can ask the team but🎀 I am not aware of these things. I have prepared the same way to race in Canada.”

Meanwhile, Gasly carefully selected his words when he was aꩵsked for his views on the news in🔯 Thursday’s FIA press conference in Montreal.

“It’s been… I’m just taking time to think because I know how you g💜uys will take 🌄every single word that comes out,” he said.

"It’s a long story between Esteban and myself and I think so far in the last one and a half years we managed to work and cooperꦯate very professionally, this is important to mention.

“It hasn’t always been easy as you would imagine from two v🥂ery competitive drivers, but considering the story between us I think it’s been good, so, yeah. I would stick to these lines.”

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