The sensational double podium for Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly In Brazil has been a big boost for Alpine for a variety of reasons, with its three-place jump in the constructors' standings potentially making a $30m difference at year's end.
Ocon and Gasly appeared at the front after deciding to delay their only pitstops in a rain-affected Interlagos race, which gave them track position over the cars that dove into the pits for fresh intermediates. Then a well-timed red flag allowed the Alpine pair, as well as Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, to change their tyres without losing time ahead of a rolling restart.
