they put god's silliest rodent in a car

vcarb's first reaction:

sure!

here is mark lane, who used to work with renault/alpine

here is his ex race engineer josh

here is bernie collins

here is a post of oomf compiling interviews with gwen lagrue and laura müller

here is ayao on why they signed este (they had worked together before)

From an Aston Martin (former Force India) mechanic:

From a former Alpine Marketing/PR personnel (she is now in Mercedes). If she didn't like Esteban, she wouldn't have been happy to see him on the podium again:

From Eddie Jordan:

Him talking about how working with him back in 2017/2018 in Force India

From a Former Castro Marketing/PR personnel (now editor in chief of the Females in Motorsport account):

From a Renault General Manager of External Content:

Translation:

Esteban Ocon is one of the cleanest drivers on the grid, a very good defender, capable of spectacular overtakes and even double overtakes, a good car setup specialist—and a charming, polite, kind, and approachable guy. The shitstorm he's getting is incomprehensible.

From a former Alpine Viry Marketing personnel:

From an Alpine Engineer (not sure if she is still there). Not exactly a story or statement but it does say alot that she will miss working with him.

Former Alpine Engineer:

From James Hinchcliffe, he did not work directly with Esteban but knows people who did. Here is the direct quote of what he said in his podcast (timestamp: 49:23)

All the people he worked with on the team, he had a great relationship with. And I know some of those mechanics and engineers, and they have nothing but good things to say about him. Him and management didn't get along.

Hunchback correction

SPANISH GP 2025 | 1st of june press conference