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Alpine reveal when they knew Ocon win was assured

Marcin Budkowski has revealed Alpine knew they had Hungarian Grand Prix victory in the bag three laps from the end. Esteban Ocon had been in command from the moment just after the restart when Lewis Hamilton dived into the pits for slick tyres a lap later than everyone else, realising it was wrong to stay out on intermediates with the circuit drying rapidly. The World Champion fell to the back of the pack as a result. There were a couple of tricky moments for Ocon when he was challenged by Sebastian Vettel, but for the most part he looked to have that battle under control. However, as the race approached its climax, there was a renewed threat from Hamilton. On fresh medium tyres, the...
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