Esteban Ocon had a satisfying weekend on a circuit that suits his car well. After encouraging tests and a very impressive qualifying session, the Norman driver started seventh on the grid. Although his race was quiet, he ensured the most important thing: scoring points.<\/p>\n
“Too close to catch the Ferrari’s up front, he controlled most of the race to maintain his gap with his teammate, Pierre Gasly, who finished ninth, and especially with Magnussen and Tsunoda. Finishing in eighth place, the driver feels like he is in the position that he deserves at the start of the season and wants to keep improving.”<\/p>\n
\u00ab That was the maximum we could do, I think. We were in “management mode” because it was too fast in front and we were still going behind, so we were a bit alone with Pierre [Gasly]. We thought we could catch the Ferraris, at first we managed to keep up with the pace and then they took off ahead, so there wasn’t much we could do. I think the maximum was done today, it’s up to us to work for the future. \u00bb he said to Canal+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a disastrous race in Bahrain, Esteban Ocon scored his first points of the season by securing a respectable eighth place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":33940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[53,330,456],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-alpine-f1-team","tag-ocon","tag-grand-prix-darabie-saoudite"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n