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‘Ocon won't be in Alonso's shadow at Alpine'

Alpine's Esteban Ocon has what it takes to give Fernando Alonso a tough challenge in 2021, according to the team's reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin. Two-time former World Champion Alonso will represent the newly-branded Alpine Formula 1 team, previously known as Renault, and many believe he will be paces ahead of French team-mate Ocon. Ocon has a season's experience driving for Renault in 2020, while Alonso himself has been away from the sport for the past two years, although he did impress in the end-of-season ‘Young Driver' test in Abu Dhabi. Alonso's last campaign on the grid saw him dominate his McLaren team-mate, Stoffel Vandoorne, although Sirotkin does not think it will be as...
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