“I feel prepared”- Esteban Ocon enthusiastic to drive the new Alpine F1 car which has been tweaked with the new technical regulations

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 22/02/2022
"I feel prepared"- Esteban Ocon enthusiastic to drive the new Alpine F1 car which has been tweaked with the new technical regulations

Esteban Ocon could not hide his excitement at the launch of Alpine’s new car with new regulations for the 2022 season.

Esteban Ocon will drive the Alpine once again in 2022 alongside his Spanish teammate Fernando Alonso. While the French driver struggled at the beginning of the 2021 season, he got his breakthrough victory in the Hungarian GP.

Alpine revealed its new car which has been tweaked with the new technical regulations for the upcoming season. Seeing the new A522, Ocon showed confidence in the new car as he hopes to achieve his form in the 2022 season.

At the launch event, Ocon said, “I’m very excited, of course, to not only see the A522 for the first time but to drive it for the first time this week.”

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Esteban Ocon feels prepared

While some of the teams have already had an unofficial pre-testing of their cars, Alpine will take its car of the garage during the test days in Barcelona. Excited to drive the new Alpine powertrain, Esteban Ocon said, “It’s always a privilege to drive a new Formula 1 car for the first time.

“You know all the hard work that has gone on behind the scenes at both factories in Enstone and Viry. That feeling and responsibility are truly unique and very special. I feel prepared, I feel ready physically. So let’s hit the track and see what we’ve got in our hands this year!”

Furthermore, Fernando Alonso also said he is optimistic about the 2022 season. He hopes that the new regulations show good improvement on the car.

Alonso said, “This my second year with Alpine and, yeah, I’m more optimistic than last year probably,” Alonso said. “The new rules give you that hope that everything can change and you can suddenly be competitive from race one. ”

“So I’m optimistic. I’m confident that the team did a good job with the car, and we’re ready to go.”

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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