Alpine will introduce a substantial upgrade at Silverstone next week for the British GP - and Esteban Ocon is confident that it will boost the team's performance in F1.
. The gap has closed in recent weeks, with Alpine outscoring the Woking team by 35 points to 19 over the last five races.did a superb job to qualify second on a wet but drying track, although in the race he slipped back to seventh, a place behind Ocon, before receiving a penalty.
Ocon says he’s pleased to see his team continue to develop the car, and he believes that Alpine has made more progress than some rivals. "It is very encouraging,” said Ocon when asked by Motorsport.com about the ongoing development push. “And the team is pushing forward a lot and getting their upgrades early, and not when they were planned.
“And, it's delivering it's going in the right direction. And I think since the beginning of the year, we have improved more than a lot of other teams. So yeah, we can be satisfied, and it's going in the right direction."at some venues, Ocon conceded that it isn’t likely just yet. "We're not there. I got overtaken by both of them [in Montreal]. So we're still a long way off. But yeah, that's the aim. Yes, they are the next on the list."
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