Disappointing Alpine weekend puts Ocon on edge: 'Keeping head cool'

It should not be difficult for the Alpine team to achieve better results in Belgium next weekend than at their weekend on Hungarian soil. Both Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon had to stop time early. The 26-year-old Ocon looks ahead to next weekend in the Ardennes.

"Despite the significant impact of the crash on Sunday, I am feeling OK physically and very motivated to race in Belgium. Given this weekend's Sprint format, we have the chance to take points on both Saturday and Sunday, so we will be doing all we can to maximise our opportunities," Ocon said.

"We are keeping our heads down and focusing on what we have to do. We will keep pushing and staying positive, and we are all working flat out to achieve stronger team results, both at the factories and at the track. We also have a new floor on both cars this weekend so we hope to extract as much performance from that as possible," said the Frenchman from Alpine.

The driver, driving number 31, managed to score 31 points in the king class of motorsport this season. That is almost double that of teammate Gasly. Can Alpine finish in the points this weekend? We will know soon...