On the face of it, Esteban Ocon’s second-place finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix might be doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but it’s easy to overlook a handful of other impressive moments in a difficult final season with Alpine.
Ocon led a decent portion of that Interlagos race, and this performance was supplemented with 10th in Miami – with a still-awful car – and ninth at the Belgian GP after beating team-mate Pierre Gasly handily.
