Esteban Ocon feels Cyril Abiteboul's abrupt departure from Alpine is 'very sad' given the team are finally starting to reap the rewards of his efforts. Renault announced earlier this month that Abiteboul, who returned to the company in 2014 as managing director of Renault Sport and played a huge role in putting Renault back on the grid as a works team, had left. Buying the Enstone-based team back in 2016, Renault were ninth in the Championship before slowly but surely working their way up the grid. The team finished P5 last season, Daniel Ricciardo bagging their first podium since Nick Heidfeld in 2011 when he brought his RS20 home in third place at the Nurburgring. He added another P3 at...
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