Just when you think you've seen it all in F1, along comes a weekend like Alpine's in Baku. WARNING: Contains fire and snowballs! 👇
At an event where the team had hoped to have a trouble-free run to evaluate a new floor update, it encountered engine swaps, crash repairs, setup changes, pit exit starts, and then a dramatic pitlane near miss forAnd all of those dramas came on top of the intense new sprint weekend format, with qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday, the sprint race and the main grand prix.
Alpine’s problems started in first free practice when a hydraulic leak for Gasly triggered an engine fire which cut short his running. He then crashed at the start of qualifying. In the end, after concerns about wearing his plank out, Ocon's car was pulled from parc ferme on Saturday to make setup changes.
Permane was full of praise though for the effort that Alpine’s mechanics made to battle through the dramas of the weekend as they now endure the added complication of back-to-back rounds.Photo by: Zak Mauger /“They've worked so hard this weekend,” said Permane. “They’ve had a hell of a job with Pierre's engine change. And that has knock-on effects that you guys [the media] don't see.
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