With the 2021 Formula 1 season having come to a close, Crash.net is running through its top 10 drivers of the year. It proved to be a memorable campaign for Esteban Ocon...  read more »

The Alpine F1 Team secured fifth place in the Constructors' Championship after the team enjoyed a double points finish at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. read more »

Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon were two of five drivers allowed to unlap themselves at the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the pair finishing eighth and ninth respectively. read more »

Race control initially said that lapped cars would not be allowed to overtake, but then announced that those between leaders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen would after all... read more »

Our race today was a fitting end to what has been a very memorable campaign. Both Fernando and Esteban battled hard and dug deep to score double points. read more »

Esteban Ocon was confirmed as Alpine F1 Team qualifier of the year, after the Frenchman out-qualified team-mate Fernando Alonso by two spots, Ocon will start from ninth for the... read more »

Esteban will start with Soft tyres and Fernando has free choice of tyres. It's all to be played for and points will be there for the taking. read more »

Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon have all avoided a grid penalty for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as 'traffic jam' chaos unfolded during qualifying. read more »

Esteban Ocon has been handed a reprimand and Alpine fined after Ocon obstructed Sebastian Vettel during Q1 in Abu Dhabi. read more »

The afternoon session started with the usual install laps which, uncharacteristically, included both championship protagonists right from the start.Verstappen immediately... read more »

The quicker layout at Abu Dhabi has led Esteban Ocon to pick one corner as being much tougher than before. read more »

Esteban Ocon remains realistic about his chances this weekend in Abu Dhabi despite setting the second best time in Friday evening's practice session. read more »

Alpine driver Esteban Ocon has hailed the Yas Marina Circuit changes that have brought "spice" to the "home of Formula 1". read more »

Marcin Budkowski says Alpine can be proud of their performance during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, even if Esteban Ocon lost a podium on the final dash to the finish. read more »

Esteban Ocon came within a few hundred metres of a podium finish in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, only to be denied on the line by Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Hamilton's front wing had taken a double battering in the Jeddah race on Sunday, following a clash with Esteban Ocon at the restart and then having run into the back of... read more »

Esteban Ocon has admitted that losing third place on the run to the finish line in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is "hard to swallow". read more »

Missing out on a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix podium finish on the final straight was "hard to swallow" for Esteban Ocon. read more »

Alpine's Esteban Ocon has been left with "difficult feelings" after missing out on his second podium finish of the year in Jeddah by one-tenth of a second. On... read more »

Despite losing his podium place in the final seconds of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Esteban Ocon insists he feels "very proud" of his race. read more »

Hamilton won the race to level the points battle with Verstappen on 369.5 apiece after multiple incidents in an ill-tempered race that was red-flagged twice.Verstappen made... read more »

Esteban Ocon will start ninth and Fernando Alonso thirteenth after a mixed Qualifying session for Alpine in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening. read more »

Esteban Ocon feels there will be "little room to rest" at the new street circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. read more »

Esteban Ocon has heaped praise on Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso after the two-time Formula 1 champion returned to the podium at the Qatar Grand Prix last time out. read more »

Alpine F1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon were surprise guests at Football's Ballon d'Or awards ceremony. read more »