by Why did Ocon disregard the Alpine team’s orders?
Esteban Ocon impressed with a strong fourth place in Las Vegas. However, this was overshadowed by the fact that in one situation he overtook his teammate Pierre Gasly, despite the team prohibiting overtaking.
Ocon received instructions on the radio to maintain his position behind Gasly – but he still passed. Opposite Sky He justifies his action after the race by saying he simply didn’t understand the instructions.
“Hold position,” the team demanded on the radio, but Ocon said, “I only heard ‘position’.” The Frenchman also makes it clear: “If the team had asked me to return the position, of course I would have done so immediately”.
However, this did not happen because while Gasly had tire problems and fell in the points, Ocon finished fourth. In the end, there were seven places between the two Alpine drivers.
Perez: Comeback is my personal “highlight”
In the real World Cup, the Mexican has been runner-up since the weekend – for the first time in his career. He therefore looks back on the 2023 season with mixed feelings.
“It was a very difficult year. It started very well, we were fighting for the championship. But in Barcelona we had a very dominant car, but I couldn’t adjust it properly,” he explains.
After that, he went into a negative spiral and lost his self-confidence. Therefore, his personal “highlight” this year was fighting to get out of this crisis.
He emphasized that he managed to “consistently fight at the top at the end of the year.” Although there may be differences of opinion because Las Vegas was his first podium since Monza…
Perez is world champion!
At least in our alternative World Cup, in which Max Verstappen does not participate 😉 The decision was made over the weekend in Las Vegas! Just take a look at our photo gallery:
Photo series: Alternative Formula 1: This is what the 2023 season would be like without Max Verstappen!
1. Bahrain: Red Bull would still win the debut in Bahrain, with Sergio Perez, who of course would also take the lead in the World Cup. Fernando Alonso is second and Carlos Sainz can join him on the podium. Standing: 1. Perez (25), 2. Alonso (18), 3. Sainz (15), 4. Hamilton (12), 5. Stroll (10).
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Leclerc: Las Vegas is not representative
Speaking of Ferrari: Charles Leclerc does not want to exaggerate the strong performance over the weekend, as he highlights that there were conditions in Las Vegas that do not exist “anywhere else”.
“It’s very, very cold and I think overheating [der Reifen] not a big problem here. It was more about granulating and keeping the tires at the right temperature and we are very good at that,” he emphasizes.
“But when it’s hotter we have to fight more. That doesn’t exactly make me confident for the future, because Abu Dhabi will be completely different from here”, predicts the Monegasque.
Because it will be significantly hotter there than at night in Las Vegas…
Leclerc deprived of a safe victory in the safety car race!
With his 53rd career victory in Las Vegas, Max Verstappen tied Sebastian Vettel on the list of all-time Formula 1 winners. But given Ferrari’s strong performance, he had to work hard for it!
Should the Scuderia have called Charles Leclerc into the pits under the second safety car? Data expert Kevin Hermann weighs this in our new video using PACETEQ’s OneTiming strategy tool.
Leclerc deprived of a safe victory in the safety car race!
With his 53rd career victory in Las Vegas, Max Verstappen tied Sebastian Vettel on the list of all-time Formula 1 winners.
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Ten drivers from Friday in Abu Dhabi
Also this year, every regular driver will have to miss at least one training session and hand over his car to a young driver. But ten pilots haven’t done it yet!
This means we will see ten Friday drivers in FT1 in Abu Dhabi on Friday. The following drivers have already been confirmed:
Red Bull: Jake Dennis and Isack Hadjar
Mercedes: Frederik Vesti
Alpine: Jack Doohan
McLaren: Patricio O’Ward
Alfa Romeo: Theo Pourchaire
Aston Martin: Felipe Drugovich
Haas: Oliver Bearman
Williams: Zak O’Sullivan
We will probably also see Robert Schwarzman at Ferrari again, but this has not yet been officially confirmed.
You can find the complete overview of all Friday Drivers 2023 here!
More controversial…
…you can find everything about stable management in this photo series. And let’s put it this way: by comparison, the incident in Alpine over the weekend was still harmless!
Photo series: The most controversial stable orders in Formula 1 history
Hello again!
Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Formula 1 newsletter. The 2023 season finale in Abu Dhabi is fast approaching, with the final media day of the year taking place the day after tomorrow.
We don’t want to waste too much time and get started right away, as we still have some interesting themes between Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi that we want to work on!
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