“Yes, but I am not Vandoorne,” Frenchman Ocon insisted in Abu Dhabi. But I regard having teammates like Daniel and Fernando as a good thing for me.”. Ocon acknowledges that Alonso, 39, is a “legend” of the sport, but he also says he is not afraid of the Spaniard. “If I was afraid of Fernando I would leave Formula 1.”. An apparently fully-committed Alonso has been a conspicuous presence in the Renault garage recently, but Ocon says it has not been off-putting. But once he gets into the car at the first race I’m very sure he will be ready,” said Ocon.

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