Esteban Ocon says the difficulty of scoring points through the current discrepancy between the top and bottom half of the Formula 1 field is 'the worst feeling' amid Alpine's struggles.
The French team slipped down F1's pecking order in its transition to its new A524 chassis, and has failed to recapture its regular position in challenging for points from last season as the early-spec car has lacked outright pace. This has coincided with a wider performance gap between the top five teams and the bottom five, effectively leaving the drivers in the latter group having to wait for retirements in order to claim points.
He used last year's Mexican Grand Prix as an example, where the Australian put his car fourth on the grid despite the then-AlphaTauri team having been glued to the bottom of the constructors' championship throughout most of 2023. 'My approach is 'maybe this track suits us more than the last track'; these things can also be very track dependent,' the Australian remarked.
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