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Alpine CEO nuances statements about 'second driver' Ocon

Laurent Rossi has qualified some statements he made in 2021 when Esteban Ocon came to the team. The Alpine CEO stated at the time that Esteban Ocon "may not be a guaranteed world champion, but at least an excellent second driver". Article continues under ad Ocon signed a three-year contract at Alpine in 2021, where he got the returning Fernando Alonso as a teammate. At the time, Rossi did not necessarily see the Frenchman as championship material, but saw in him an "excellent second driver". At the Beyond the Grid-podcast, he nuanced his words, but at the same time did not take them back. "There’s no mystery about the fact that I’ve very quickly tried to make...
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