Alpine boss Bruno Famin says the team never discussed the idea of benching168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Esteban Ocon for the F1 Canadian Grand Prix after his crash with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly in Monaco.

Ocon triggered a first-lap collision w♊ith teammate Gasly at the Monaco Grand Prix which angere🌟d Alpine team principal Famin, who warned there would be “consequences” for the incident.

In the wake of the incident there ꦗwas intense speculation that Ocon, who will leave Alpine at the end of the season, could be dropped for this weekend’s race at Montreal, but Famin hit out at the false reports, insisting that was never a possibility.

"I♕t has never been a point [of discussion],” he to꧋ld Sky Sports F1 in Canada.

"We are all professional. Even if sꦯomething bad happened, we talked, we discussed what we need to do to improve the situation for the coming race, but benching him for a race, it has never been a point.”

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s race in Montreal, Ocon rejected suggestions that the Monaco crash had influenced his impe🐭nding Alpine exit.

Famin echoed Ocon’s comments, explaining that the Frenchman’s departure was already in the making following mon🌟ths of talks.

"I'm much more focused on what is coming than what happened before,” Famin 🦹said.

"With Esteban and with Pierre, I said it several times, before. We have been talking for months and with E𝓰steban I think it was quite clear that 🥀we were coming at the end of the cycle.

"He has been﷽ with us for five years, he's still here with us for the💫 rest of the season, 16 races to go, and I'm sure we will do very good work altogether, I trust his professionalism."

Famin was also asked if the rumo♈urs about him speaking to Ocon individually before the race in Monaco was true.

“I never speak to the drivers one-to-one for this ki🍌nd of thing,” Famin insisted.

“When we have races we all speak all together to make sure that everybody has the same information and everybody listens to the same informatioꦑn at the same time.

“In ♊the decision we were clear before the race in Monaco, like it was clear for the race before and the previous one. It was clear.”

Famin reiterated that Alpine junior Jack Doohan, who🍸 had limit𝓰ed running in a rain-hit FP1 in Montreal, is in the frame to replace Ocon next year.

“Jack is an option,” he said. "We are preparing him.  He was testing 📖in Zeltweg not a long time ago and he has a quite heavy testing programme.

"We are happy with that and let’s see how he develops. He is one possibility among others,🐎 but he is one possibility for sure.ꦛ”