Esteban Ocon (FRA / Alpine,
Hungarian Grand Prix winner
)
: “
It's incredible. We talked about it with the rest of the team, we said to ourselves that the next best place would be the first, knowing that we had finished second last year. But we didn't think that day would come now. It was perfectly executed. The pit stop, the start, the choice of tires at the right time… We managed to keep (Sebastian) Vettel, who was a little faster, behind… It's incredible. I don't think I realize at all, but what a moment, what a moment… I'm so happy! It's a crazy thing. (…)
Many thanks to Fernando (Alonso, his teammate at Alpine). All the battles he fought behind, it gave us some room to breathe too. Everything that was said before, that it is a teammate with a little strange ways of working, that is not at all what I see. We make a great duo at Alpine and it's a privilege to work with him. (on the choice to go to the pits on the second start) I wondered if it was the right thing to do… We spoke with the team. It was the right thing to do. We had a large comfort mat. (…) A big thank you to everyone for the support I received. Support is not necessarily at the best of times. The last three races before Silverstone,we had a lot of difficulties, we worked hard and we came back. I notice all the people who supported me at that time. Thank you everyone.
"(At the microphone of
Canal +
)
