Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski expects his team to fight for a strong double-points finish at the Russian Grand Prix. Italy, it seemed, had been a solid showing for the French outfit, with Fernando Alonso taking home four points for a P8 finish, while Esteban Ocon chipped in with a point despite finding himself at loggerheads with the stewards. At the start he had been ordered to return a position to Nicholas Latifi, before later collecting a five-second penalty after contact with Sebastian Vettel, both decisions which Ocon disagreed with. But for Sochi, Budkowski is expecting his team to recover some performance and wants to see his drivers cut deeper into that top 10. 'Sochi...
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