Esteban Ocon represents Alpine F1 in Rally. The French driver is participating in the famous Monte-Carlo Rally only in the first two stages.
The ES1 of 20.58 km between Saint-Disdier and Corps in the Southern Alps and the ES2 connecting Saint-Maurice to Saint-Bonnet.
« I prepared myself by mainly watching onboard cameras. I got some advice from Pierre Louis Loubet [note: Winner of the 2019 WRC2 championship and Hyundai driver this season in WRC], which helped me get some information about the notes, tricky spots, icy areas, etc. I couldn’t have had a better teacher, but obviously, I’m the one behind the wheel, and I really have very little preparation. I have no experience in rallying, but luckily I have a good co-driver. It can only be fun. » explained the Frenchman to the WRC microphones.
Alpine entered this weekend with 5 cars in the GT category: Cédric Robert, Emmanuel Guigou, Philippe Baffoun, Pierre Ragues, and Raphaël Astier.
Note that Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo had already taken the wheel of the Alpine A110S to explore the Nürburgring loop during the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix.
