F1 followers cannot imagine the slowest group on the grid as Verstappen wins pole once more
The atrocious efficiency of Alpine F1 Team in Friday’s qualifying for the Bahrain GP has left followers surprised.
With the primary race of the 2024 Formula One season on Saturday (March 2), followers had been capable of take pleasure in an entertaining qualifying session on Friday (March 1) that noticed Red Bull‘s reigning champion Max Verstappen rating the thirty third pole of his profession, with Ferrari‘s Charles Leclerc intently behind in second.
While the efficiency of the 2 stars did not shock many, it was the position of two different drivers on the finish of qualifying that prompted a shock amongst supporters.
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In a very disastrous first qualifying session of the 12 months for Alpine, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will start the Bahrain Grand Prix on the very again of the sector in P19 and P20 positions.
Considering the immense expertise of their driver pairing and the encouraging finish the French group had on the finish of final season which noticed them end sixth within the Constructors’ Championship, alarm bells are already ringing from followers on social media.
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Taking to X (previously Twitter), one person wrote: “The fact that Alpine did worse than Haas, Stake and Logan Sargeant” whereas one other commented: “Man, Alpine’s setback scares me, the team had everything it needed to fight for 5th among the constructors and continue to evolve, but greed spoke louder”.
A 3rd person stated McLaren’s Oscar Piastri had a fortunate escape from the struggling group as they remarked: “oscar piastri ditching alpine for McLaren will be looked at in a few years as the one of the best and smartest f1 transfers ever mark my wordsss”.
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Despite the calamitous session, Ocon, 27, had motivating phrases for his group as he stated on the radio: “Only round one, we keep going, we keep pushing, there’s also a race tomorrow, I’ve got faith in you guys”.
It’ll be an uphill wrestle for Alpine to earn factors within the first race of the 12 months that additionally sees Mercedes‘ George Russell begin in third whereas team-mate and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, will start the race in a lowly ninth place.
