Earlier in the year ex-Top Gear presenter turned celebrity farmer Jeremy Clarkson made good on a bet to buy a round of beers for everyone at Alpine after Esteban Ocon reached the podium in Monaco.
Clarkson rejoined Ocon and team mate Pierre Gasly at the British Grand Prix last month.
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Derek Edwards
12th August 2023, 9:00
After meeting Alpine’s latest new staff hiring the drivers began to have genuine doubts about the management’s competence.
PacificPR (@streydt)
12th August 2023, 9:11
Haha. Spot on!
Jere (@jerejj)
12th August 2023, 9:01
What shall we bet on next?
Raymond Pang
12th August 2023, 14:24
Formula One. How hard can it be?
Wheel Nut (@wheel-nut)
12th August 2023, 9:14
Yeh, we have to drive the donkeys around here
Jeff McDermott
13th August 2023, 11:44
Looks like I’ll be building your next car, would you like a John or MFB?
j sc
12th August 2023, 9:40
I’m your new team principal. Shall we?
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
12th August 2023, 10:03
It’s safe to go over guys, he’s got a hot meal.
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
12th August 2023, 10:22
Which one of you shall I call the Hamster and which one is Captain Slow?
Tom L. (@tom-l)
12th August 2023, 10:29
“Don’t worry, chaps, I do understand how it feels not to be in Top Gear for yet another season…”
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
13th August 2023, 15:02
Super!
Louis Daufi
12th August 2023, 10:41
Thank you for the beer, mate. Can we have another?.
Cyberaxiom (@dave-m)
12th August 2023, 10:48
“So which of you is this week’s star in a reasonably slow car?”
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
13th August 2023, 15:01
LOL
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
12th August 2023, 10:57
Radio lines will be more important than racing lines to give air time to thid alpine. Take notes from your management!
Sergey Martyn
12th August 2023, 11:55
Top Pear.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
12th August 2023, 11:57
No thanks, I already drive a tractor.
Richard Hill
12th August 2023, 12:07
The rumours were true, the new Alpine boss was indeed outstanding in his field…
Coventry Climax
12th August 2023, 16:00
+1
d0senbrot (@d0senbrot)
12th August 2023, 12:11
“We have another five-year plan coming” – “Oh no, anyway…”
mega
12th August 2023, 12:11
Alpine is in trouble? Fired the management?
Oh No!.
Anyway; …
Bitten&Hisses (@al-perry)
12th August 2023, 13:04
Alpine is still a mess.
Oh no! Anyway
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
12th August 2023, 13:24
Ocon: “If I get you a steak, do you promise not to hit me?”
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
12th August 2023, 13:58
“Handshakes are fine but you lot will need to change your names to Hammond and May if you want to continue under my leadership…”
Paolo (@paulsteward40)
12th August 2023, 14:01
Have just started tractor driving lessons on the farm; might come in handy with this years car…….
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
12th August 2023, 14:36
Clarkson: “My technical director James May is designing a 2025 F1 car using Meccano parts…”
Ocon & Gasly: “We’re in!”
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
12th August 2023, 14:54
To his delight, Gasly found a used car salesman who managed to sell his malfunctioning Morris Marina to an unsuspecting buyer.
RBAlonso (@rbalonso)
12th August 2023, 15:17
Alpine Team Boss – how hard can it be?
BamBoomBots
12th August 2023, 15:40
‘The weather? Sunny with a light breeze, with a slight chance of piano downpour, centered around underperforming automobiles’
Coventry Climax
12th August 2023, 15:58
“You need more powerrrr!”
Electroball76
12th August 2023, 16:44
My name’s Jeremy, I’m the new Head of PR and Marketing. You’re in good hands! What could possibly go wrong?
Electroball76
12th August 2023, 16:54
Ah, Steven! Are you the French chap who stole another driver’s girlfriend?
Sham (@sham)
12th August 2023, 17:06
I reckon my Lambo could beat your Alpine.
Andy
12th August 2023, 17:32
Horrible person with rotten teeth.
Goriot
12th August 2023, 18:12
“I love eating French! Come on, near”
Jelmer
12th August 2023, 19:39
Alpine drivers meet the latest member of the senior driving academy
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
13th August 2023, 5:36
“The meat here is cooked, right?”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
13th August 2023, 6:35
Ocon and Gasly hope that one of Clarkson’s infamous ‘coversions’ might help propel them up the grid, or at the very least across a river and down a snowy mountain.
bull mello (@bullmello)
13th August 2023, 21:19
Hops?
Jim (@jimgogo)
14th August 2023, 5:34
Esteban and Pierre agreeing with Clarkson that Peugeot’s are indeed rubbish!