In the round-up: Alpine team principal Bruno Famin insists his team’s drivers are content at Enstone
In brief
Gasly and Ocon “happy” at Alpine
Alpine team principal Bruno Famin insists that both Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly are happy to be with the team despite their woeful start to the 2024 season.
Neither driver has scored a point so far over the opening four rounds of the season as Alpine sit bottom in the constructors’ championship. However, Famin is confident they both share his long-term vision for the team.
“We are happy with our drivers, and our drivers are happy with us,” he told the official F1 website. “We are talking to them regularly. Let’s see what we can do in the future. There are ups and down, we are in a down but we have a strong project with a long term vision.
“We have a project which doesn’t need to convince them [to stay]. I would like to use this opportunity to thank them. We are in a difficult position. It is not the start of the season we wanted and I appreciate how constructive they are with the team, not only in communications with journalists but also internally. When trying to find solutions with the car, both of them are very helpful.”
Scheckter’s title winning Ferrari under auction
Jody Scheckter’s 1979 world championship title winning Ferrari 312T4 is expected to fetch at least €5,250,000 (£4,497,500) when it goes under auction next month.
The car, which won the Belgian, Monaco and Italian grands prix with Scheckter at the wheel, was bought from Ferrari by the driver himself in 1982 and driven only once during the Italian Grand Prix weekend in 2019.
It will form the centrepiece of a series of auctions with RM Sotheby’s in Monte Carlo over the 10th and 11th of May.
Woods-Toth assumes early FRAC lead
Reigning US F4 champion Patrick Woods-Toth took an early lead in the Formula Regional Americas Championship following the opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park.
Woods-Toth won the second race of the weekend on Sunday morning, following a late red flag after passing for the lead just before the race was neutralised. He added two second places in the opening race, won by Cole Kleck, and the third won by Ryan Shehan.
The results see Woods-Toth assume the lead of the championship, with 61 points, after the first three of 21 races in the series.
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