Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will team up in 2023 at Alpine in an all-French line-up. The Two Frenchman have battled each other hard and fierce from Karting to F1. And the story of the french duo teaming up is unbelievable.
But since the 2023 driver line-up was announced the two drivers have shown signs of leaving their rivalry and recreating their friendship. Gasly and Ocon have made public appearances together reassuring a great partnership.
Welcome to Enstone, @PierreGASLY 💙#Alpine pic.twitter.com/v4cGFhNHQ7
— BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) December 11, 2022
Gasly and Ocon will join hands and rekindle their old friendship for 2023. And with an exciting line-up for the coming season, Alpine didn’t fail to rekindle some old memories of the two.
Alpine welcome Pierre Gasly to Enstone in style
Alpine launched the Electric version of their A110 Eternité. And to celebrate their launch and to welcome Pierre Gasly into the camp, Alpine decided to recreate some old memories of the two.
The video starts with a young Esteban and Pierre battling on the Karting track. And then Ocon invites the newcomer to the Enstone base where the team Principal, Otmar Szafnauer is waiting for them.
The two take takes their cars for a spin in the English Countryside. And they finally reach Otmar’s desk in time for a rather crucial briefing. Quite a romantic intervention there!
The A110 Eternité celebrates the 60th anniversary of the A110’s launch. But the EV is nowhere far from the normal version of the car, going 0-100 Kmh in around 4.5 Seconds!
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Know more about Ocon and Gasly’s Friendship, rivalry and return to friendship
Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have known each other since childhood. The two, natives of Normandy, France, were introduced to each other during the early stages of their karting career.
Ocon’s father bought his kart from one of Gasly’s brothers. The two used to spend a lot of time together until on-track conflicts drifted them apart.
We were just two little kids from Normandy with an impossible dream. Welcome to the Alpine family Pierrot, let’s make our team and our country proud 🇫🇷
On était juste deux gosses en Normandie avec un rêve qui semblait impossible.🇫🇷 Bienvenue dans l’équipe Pierrot. @AlpineF1Team pic.twitter.com/3hGFDDNjKY
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban) October 8, 2022
The two have not seen each other eye-to-eye in multiple years building a silent dislike of each other. Even going to the extent that the two had each other’s figures cut out from a picture!
Both Gasly and Ocon have seen their ups and downs in recent years. Ocon was without a seat for 2019, while Gasly was demoted from his Red Bull seat the same year after a poor spell of performances.
But the two claimed emotional wins in the years since with Gasly winning in Monza in 2020, and Ocon in Budapest in 2021. The two have assured to join hands and put their rivalry aside and take Alpine further up the ranks. And fans can’t wait to see the two hit the track as teammates!
