Alpine’s Otmar Szafnauer pleased with “strong haul” of points after eventful race in Silverstone

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It was a bittersweet weekend for BWT Alpine F1 Staff on the British Grand Prix, as Fernando Alonso earned a season-best end of fifth place, whereas Esteban Ocon needed to retire attributable to a mid-race gasoline pump difficulty.

Alpine Staff Principal Otmar Szafnauer was glad to see all of the drivers concerned within the first-lap incident make it out okay, contemplating the magnitude of the crash that ensued– including that this end result was made potential attributable to System 1’s security requirements.

“To start with, it’s excellent news that the drivers concerned within the incident in the beginning of the race are OK. It’s testomony to the extraordinary security requirements and implementation in System 1 that everybody was OK after a fairly scary incident.

Szafnauer was happy with Alonso’s outcome after the “sensible” race, which noticed him implement a profitable technique and allowed him to interact in a dynamic battle with the frontrunners for the ultimate podium locations.

“From there, this afternoon, we’ve witnessed a fairly sensible Grand Prix, which, for System 1, is a superb advert for the distinctive leisure of this sport. We’re very happy with Fernando’s fifth place. He drove a nicely measured race and credit score to the workforce for the pit-stop below the Security Automobile, which allowed him to importantly leap Lando [Norris] and combat on the entrance in the direction of the tip.”

Concerned within the first lap incidents, Ocon was on for strong factors after his automotive was repaired through the pink flag. Sadly, he ended up being unable to finish the race due the aforementioned technical difficulty.

“On Esteban’s aspect, he too was driving fantastically nicely after sustaining injury early on within the race. The workforce did a terrific job in repairing his automotive after which he put himself into rivalry to attain good factors. Sadly, a suspected gasoline pump difficulty compelled him to retire, and we are going to get on high of those points rapidly as a way to guarantee we obtain our objectives.

“We depart right here with ten factors, a powerful haul, and we’re wanting ahead to going to Austria this week prepared to attain double factors.”