Gasly vs Ocon: All 2024 Alpine Head To Head Stats

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 at 23:30

Updated at Saturday, 31 August 2024 at 21:03

Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon are two French drivers fighting head-to-head in the only French team in the 2024 Formula One World Championships, Alpine.

The two Frenchmen are the only two drivers from their country on the F1 grid in 2024, and unsurprisingly, both are also driving for the only French team in the competition.

Both have known each other for a very long time and while there were times when they were friends, quite early into their careers, Gasly and Ocon have established that they probably won't be sending each other Christmas presents.

Ocon is the driver, who has spent more time with the team, and even recorded a race win as Alpine driver. He joined the French team in 2020 when it was still called Renault. In 2024, he's competing already in his fourth season since the team was rebranded to Alpine in 2021.

Gasly, on the other hand, joined the team only in 2023, which was the first season together in Formula One for the two French drivers. It was very close as they scored very similarly, and Gasly outscored his compatriot only by four points (62 vs. 58).

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Gasly vs Ocon: All 2024 Alpine H2H Stats:

Category	PIerre Gasly	Esteban Ocon
Championship standings	14th (8 points)	17th (5 points)
Grand Prix results head-to-head	6	9
Qualifying head-to-head	5	10
Grand Prix wins	0	0
Pole positions	0	0
Podiums	0	0
Best finish	9th (x3)	9th (x1)
Retirements	3	1
Fastest laps	0	0
Grand Prix points finishes	5	4
Sprint head-to-head	1	2
Sprint race wins	0	0
Sprint shootout head-to-head	1	2
Sprint race podiums	0	0

2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The first race of the 2024 season was very disappointing for the French team. Already during the Free Practice sessions and during the qualifying, it became clear the Alpine was miles off the pace.

They qualified 19th and 20th, and in the race, they finished 17th and 18th, with only two drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Logan Sargeant, who both had an issue that cost them one minute of race time, finishing behind them.

As a result, key figures in Alpine handed their resignation the following day, further proving that the French team was really struggling.

2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

Both Alpine drivers didn't make it out of Q1 in qualifying. Interestingly, they weren't even able to beat their best time from the previous year, which underlines the French team's car development struggles.

Gasly had a gearbox problem during the warm-up lap and was called in to retire his car just after one lap of the race. His 27-year-old teammate had a better race and finished P13, which is a great result considering Alpine had the slowest car.

2024 Australian Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

Alpines continued their struggles also in Australia, even though, at least for Gasly, it was the best result out of the first three races of the 2024 F1 season.

Although Ocon out-qualified him for the third consecutive time, Gasly had a better race pace in Australia, but once again, both cars finished far away from points, finishing the race 13th and 16th.

2024 Japanese Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

Alpine was point-less prior to the Japanese Grand Prix, and they also left the Suzuka Circuit without any points to their name. That came after Ocon qualified 15th and Gasly 17th, with the better qualified driver keeping his position, while Gasly improved to P16 in the race.

2024 Chinese Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The French team started showing signs of improvements during the first Sprint weekend of the season. Despite qualifying P16 (Gasly) and P17 (Ocon) for the Sprint, Ocon managed to carve out 13th position in the Sprint race, while his fellow Frenchman finished 15th.

The improvement continued to show in the qualifying, as this time around Alpine wasn't far behind the competition, taking both cars to Q2, with Ocon placing 13th and Gasly 15th.

The Chinese Grand Prix didn't bring any points for the French team, but this time around, they got the closest compared to the first four races, as Ocon finished only around 2 seconds from 10th Hulkenberg, crossing the finish line in P11.

Gasly was closely behind, finishing 13th, with Alpine confirming the progress they showed during the Sprint also in the race.

2024 Miami Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

Esteban Ocon scored Alpine's first point during the Miami Grand Prix. The French team still lacked pace, but their new upgrade made the car lighter, and it instantly reflected in their drivers' results.

Gasly and Ocon were evenly matched throughout the whole weekend. Neither of them scored points in the sprint, and Gasly was in a better position to score points in the race, but a safety car gave Ocon a huge advantage.

The 27-year-old made the most of the well-timed safety car and brought home P10 for his team, while Gasly finished in P12.

2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The French team didn't quite have the pace at Imola that they had in Miami. Both drivers struggled, but Ocon struggled slightly less than his fellow French teammate.

The 27-year-old outperformed Gasly both in Qualifying and the race. In the end, Ocon and Gasly finished in P14 and P16, respectively.

2024 Monaco Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The qualifying session was the most important part of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, and Pierre Gasly out-qualified his teammate with a magic lap in Q2.

Ultimately, Ocon in P11 started the race right behind Gasly in P10. The 27-year-old knew that if he wanted to beat his teammate, his biggest chance was on the first lap.

However, he went for a very risky overtake as he dived down the inside on Gasly into turn 8, which resulted in the collision of the two Alpine cars.

It would also mean no points for the French team, but the red flag triggered by an incident between different drivers saved at least Gasly.

Ocon couldn't continue in the race, but Gasly got the chance to restart from his initial starting position—P10—and, in the end, he brought one very valuable point home for his team.

2024 Canadian Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

Gasly outqualified Ocon during the tricky qualifying session on Saturday. Consequently, he started the race three positions higher up the grid, from P15. However, after the second corner, he lost all his advantage when he collided with Perez and moved to P18.

Both French drivers then slowly made progress up the grid, and three laps before the end of the race, Ocon ran in P9 with Gasly right behind in P10.

It was at this time that the 27-year-old received a team order to let his teammate pass because Gasly could supposedly attack Daniel Ricciardo in P8.

Ultimately, Ocon let his teammate through, but Gasly failed to make more progress. Despite that, the position wasn't returned to the 27-year-old, who finished behind his teammate as a result.

2024 Spanish Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The Spanish Grand Prix was a real sign of continued progress for Alpine. That showed already in the qualifying, when both cars made it to Q3, for the first time in 202, with Gasly getting 7th place on the start, and while Ocon qualified in P9, because of Sergio Perez's grid penalty, he started the race 8th.

With both cars so high on the starting grid, it was about making sure to score some points for the French team, as they entered this race with only a few to their names.

Both drivers managed to do everything needed for that. Even though they were both overtaken by Oscar Piastri in the faster McLaren and Perez in Red Bull, they finished the race in P9 (Gasly) and P10 (Ocon), both drivers achieving back-to-back point-scoring finishes.

2024 Austrian Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The weekend at the Red Bull Ring was the third Sprint weekend of the season. Coming off two point-scoring weekends, Alpine wanted to follow up on those results, but even though they qualified 8th (Ocon) and 9th (Gasly) for the Sprint Race, their race pace just wasn't sufficient as they finished in P11 and P12 in the order in which they started.

In the qualifying for the race, Ocon got into the Q3, ensuring a start from 10th place, while Gasly exited the qualifying in Q2, securing 13th place. It didn't look like it was going to be a weekend from which the French team will go home with points, but that changed in the last laps of the Grand Prix.

After Lando Norris' puncture ended his race prematurely, Gasly was promoted to 10th position, earning one point for his team, while Ocon finished the race in P12.

2024 British Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

After a few really solid weekends, the 2024 British Grand Prix was a real disappointment for the French team, already before the qualifying started. Gasly made many changes to his power unit, resulting in a 50-position grid penalty, meaning he was ensured to start the race last.

His teammate couldn't make the team's Saturday any better, qualifying in P18, only ahead of Sergio Perez, who couldn't finish the session. Prior to the race, however, the Mexican driver's team made changes to his car, so Gasly was promoted to 19th position on the start.

Yet, he would never start the race, as already during the formation lap, Gasly had an issue with his gearbox, retiring before the race even started, and Ocon also couldn't make the terrible weekend any better for his, finishing the race in P16.

2024 Hungarian Grand Prix Summary - Gasly vs Ocon:

The 13th round of the season at Hungaroring was a tough weekend for Alpine. Ocon and Gasly didn't have the pace from the start of qualifying, which was evident from their results- P19 and P20.

Going into the race, they hoped to improve, but things didn't go much better for them. The 28-year-old had to retire his car for the second weekend in a row.

Ocon finished the race, but he suggested in an interview afterward that everything that could have gone wrong went wrong, from strategy through performance to the reliability of the car. He finished in P18.