Alonso & Ocon Scrap In Jeddah! | 2022 Formula 1 Season

And the two Alpines going for it! Fernando Alonso almost in the wall, certainly in the dust, and still behind his teammate, Esteban Ocon. Yeah, I feel that was a little bit late, that move by Ocon, to move to the inside. Fernando had already chosen his line, and Ocon was very late to move. But it's great that we've got fighting between teammates on the second race of the year. But, yeah, there's a lot of action out there. Yeah, great for us. I don't think that, I don't think Elmar Safna, the team boss, was overly amused. Certainly when, if you remember back to when he was at, oh dear, that was late. He's not taking it easy now, he's going to have another go down the straight as he's got DRS. So how does Esteban Ocon defend this one? Here comes Fernando Alonso. Ocon just pushes him a little bit wide this time around, and they stay off the dust and stay away from the wall. But Fernando Alonso is right on the tail of Esteban Ocon. Ocon, last week, thought he was the faster car, should be able to get past. This time around, Alonso, I think, thinks he's the faster car. And I'm sure he's on the radio telling the team that he should be allowed past. And if this carries on, Jenson, for any more laps, well, they're not helping each other in the race, are they? No, they're not. They're going to be hurting their tyres, and they're losing to the cars in front. Yeah, it's a tricky one. We want the teammates to race, right? But I think from a team's point of view, they should maybe let Fernando go at this point. And if he can't pull away, someone will. Here we go again. He's definitely a lot closer this time. Is he just going to go for the outside or dummy him? I wonder why you were grinning. Here we go. Fernando Alonso gets past Esteban Ocon. Can he make the move? Stick goes deep into the corner. Ocon is going to find his back again, you know, and has to concede as Fernando Alonso just puts the squeeze on him, coming out of Turn 2. I tell you what, if Ocon didn't move on the straight earlier, Fernando wouldn't have been that aggressive on the corner exit. It's kind of like payback. Here you go. You push me in the wall, I'll push you in the wall. So Ocon's going to come back at him, though, because he'll be able to follow all the way around this lap. And he's not streaking away. That is for sure. Great move from Fernando Alonso. Shame that tower came into view. I wanted to see it. But that was superb driving from Fernando Alonso. And back on board with the Alpines. Here's Esteban Ocon trying to do to Fernando Alonso what Alonso did to him. Now, Ocon's gone off the track this time around. He's put his brakes on too late. And he's surely going to have to give that place back, because he left the track and he gained an advantage. Just a little bit of an advantage. So, yeah, he'll have to give it back. And this is just, look at the team. They're like, guys, this is great and all, but you are just slowing each other down. So maybe they'll have a little chat in their ear from Ocmar in a minute. Fernando Alonso moving a bit on the straight, but long before the braking zone. Well, this is the problem that Ocon let him pass near the end of the lap, knowing that he's going to get DRS. So this is where that letting... And there goes Ocon. And there goes Bottas. And Ocon has to defend against Bottas. Esteban Ocon goes off the track. And Esteban Ocon was trying to get past his teammate, Fernando Alonso. And Alonso squeezes back past the Alpine again. This is like a classic soap opera. It's going to run and run and run. Track a little bit warmer as well as we see this incident once more. It's twice Esteban Ocon's been on that particular part of the track. Yeah, it is, yeah. And has he got that DRS coming down the straight? No, he hasn't. Because Valtteri Bottas, right on his tail now, has got DRS. And Esteban Ocon told to hold. And that might not have been the best decision at that particular moment. Because Valtteri Bottas has passed him and into Turn 1 he goes. Bottas up in the 7th place.