BWT Alpine F1 Team previews the 2023 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix

Drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly offer their thoughts ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix while the Alpine Academy Drivers across FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 preview their race weekend on the Formula 1 undercard.

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Otmar Szafnauer: "We can all take great satisfaction in this result and it just demonstrates what we are capable of achieving. We’ve brought upgrades to the car in recent weeks, which are working very well, and we should have further validation of those updates in Spain this weekend on a more conventional Grand Prix circuit than the last two events in Miami and Monaco. We are all working very hard to repeat this type of performance but we will also remain realistic. We must keep developing the car, continue to execute clean race weekends and ensure the drivers continue to perform to a high level. Our immediate focus is on preparing for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix and aiming for another good performance."

Esteban Ocon: "It’s been a very good past few days. To be on the podium at the iconic Monaco Grand Prix is a dream for any driver I would say, so it’s really great to now say that we’ve done that. It’s now starting to really sink in and the whole weekend was testament of the team’s hard work, both at the track and at Enstone and Viry, and belief that a result like this was possible. We will keep our heads down as we know there is a long way to go and we have some ambitious targets that we still want to achieve. And of course, there is not much time to rest and reflect as our focus quickly shifts to the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend. "

Pierre Gasly: "I was pretty pleased on the whole with our performance in Monaco, which finished with a very good team result. On my side, I feel like we built up the weekend well, progressing from a productive Friday through to Saturday. I was a bit disappointed not to have extracted everything in Q3 as we could have been higher on the grid and in a stronger position. In the race, while seventh is a great result and deserved, we know it could have been better. We will continue to work together collectively as a team to make sure we can extract the maximum from race weekends and I’m definitely looking forwards to Spain this weekend where we target another strong one."

Did you know?
Esteban's podium came in Alpine’s 50th race in Formula 1, and it means he has now finished in every position on the podium since joining the Enstone team at the beginning of the 2020 season.