Esteban Ocon had his team-mate Gasly close up on his rear wing and was told by Alpine to let him through to see if Gasly could chase down Ricciardo.
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it’s going to go into qualifying with a lot of unknowns for everybody
with the £171million deal putting a £706m valuation on the Enstone outfit.
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with the 2023 Australian Grand Prix having had exactly the same reasoning given after spectators breached security lines prior to the end of the race in Melbourne last year – with protestors also making their way onto the track at Silverstone in 2022
Simply find it interesting Red Bull would admit their thinking on this so openly.
”Key talking points from a thrilling Canadian GP👉 George Russell and Oscar Piastri under FIA investigation after Canadian GP incident👉 F1 2024: Head-to-head race statistics between team-matesHamilton was not the only frustrated Mercedes driver following the race.