WHY Esteban Ocon is leaving Alpine 😲 | Sky Sports F1 Podcast

Sky Sports F1's Matt Baker is joined by Crofty and Simon Lazenby look back at the 2024 season so far, including why Esetban Ocon has decided to leave the Alpine team and where he could be headed next.

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[gray]

Papa Stroll just give JR the boot and then call up Carlos !

[AnastasiaSemenetz]

He didn’t leave, he was kicked out. Change my mind.

[rybackracing]

He didn’t leave. Alpine didn’t renew his contract.

[deckenneth]

Too much middlin' talent on the grid that has to go (Riccardo, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Magnusson, Sargeant) with great talent that should be replacing them (Lawson, Doohan, Drugovich, Porchaire, Vesti, etc.) AND Yuki deserves a better seat.

[jacobfarkas]

I hope Ocon, K Mag, and Sargent get the boot. I don't like how F2 winners aren't getting in. It's time for some new blood. Look at Oscar. He's got a chance to be a race winner this year.

[kevinn]

It's simple. Esteban is the French version of Zoolander. There's not much upstairs. Nobody will want him.

Imagine Newey going back to Williams and they get Carlos? That would be exciting.

[angrysquid]

Ocon has never been a Team player. I think he has a chip on his shoulder because of his background and the sacrifices his family made. And now he's blown it and he has nobody to blame but himself.

[Uno.Numero]

Sainz will be with Audi. Due to the following reasons:
1. Its a Works Team
2. It's a dominant force in Motorsport
3. No one is more determined than an Audi Engineer
4. Andrea Siedl
5. Carlos Sainz Sr. connection to Audi
6. From Start Audi will be a more powerful brand than Williams (in its current form)
7. Helmut Marko admitted that Redbull wanted to sign Sainz but admitted he couldn't manage to match the Audi offer.
8. Audi has more resource and more talent than the likes of Williams, Haas, Alpine and Racing Bulls.
9. Sainz can draw encouragement from the Aston Martin Story.
Irrelevant to British Day Dreaming Sainz is enroute to Audi for the aforesaid reasons.

[sergeykuznetsov]

We must have been watching different Grand Prix, because Monaco with it's four overtakes and 70+ processional laps can't be called a race.

[johnedwards]

The field was always going to converge but didn’t see it turning out the way it has. Red bull are looking a bit rattled and are clearly having to work a lot harder this year than last. There advantage was so huge last year they were winning at a canter and not having to stretch the car. I still think max will do the WDC again this year but the constructors is definitely up for grabs.

[codedfotography]

Is David Croft wearing "Through Goes hamilton" shirt

[gameofender]

Bottas would be a great replacement for Ocon.

[ryancuda]

watch redbull come out swingin with a 20 second lead at the end. they are sandbagging trying to not get nerfed.

[CMike]

Carlos is a better driver than Lewis right now

[yyhkodu]

It's seems that he was released. Not his decision to leave. It will be very difficult for him to find a team next year.

[IsaacSturdee]

Lewis isn’t even beating Russell, let alone Carlos. Ferrari made a PR choice by signing Lewis, not a current form decision.

[mandst]

“Oh ! suit you sir” ….. A tiny insight into Laser and Crofty off camera banta I feel 😂😮

[fbrz]

The word you're looking for is "fired".

[Dazzerdt]

My money on jack for alpine, Question if jack gets the alpine job when was the last time there was three Australian on the grid ?

[stevefleming]

It’d be really good if Crofty and the other broadcasters came into the 21st century and used METRIC units as most of the world does. Km, Kph etc. Sky Sports is broadcasting to MORE than the UK. Otherwise, I enjoy the coverage.