Lewis Hamilton (inset) has congratulated Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly | Getty
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton praised the Alpine duo of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly after the French drivers came home in P2 and P3, respectively, at the 2024 Brazilian GP. Ocon started the race well and managed to keep hold of his P4 starting place behind Yuki Tsunoda for the first half of the race. He eventually overtook the Japanese driver to move himself into the podium positions.
He led the race for a brief period between the two restarts after George Russell and Lando Norris pitted before the red flag, which gave the lead to the Frenchman. He eventually finished second after Max Verstappen overtook him on the final restart.
Pierre Gasly started the race from P15 and moved up two positions after Lance Stroll and Alex Albon's DNS. The 28-year-old made up a couple of positions from the line and was one of the drivers few drivers to not make a stop and gain some positions in the red flag conditions. He was able to hold back George Russell in the final phase of the race to bring the double podium for Alpine.
