Ocon: We haven't been listened to at Alpine

Ocon has already been announced as a Haas F1 driver for 2025, but did not wait until next season to start taking swipes at Alpine for whom he raced for five seasons, starting in 2020 when the team was still called Renault and up until now.

Asked by Motorsport.com if he has any regrets after parting ways with Alpine, Ocon said: "No, because I gave everything I had to this team."

However, the Frenchman revealed that his foray with Alpine has left a bitter taste, which he also claimed applies to other drivers who left or still are driving for the team.

Ocon explained: "Regrets to a point where, you know, it's not only me: it's Daniel [Ricciardo], Fernando [Alonso], Pierre [Gasly], myself. All the drivers that have come through this team, we gave feedback to the team.

"Normally there is a circle where, from the drivers to the team, you give some information. Then you have technical [feedback] on either 'yes, you guys are right, we need to be addressing that' or 'no, we can't, because of this or that'. There hasn't been any of that.

"The following year, you find out that some of the issues that you talked about haven't been fixed and have been going the other way.

"I try to guide this team to the best I can, [but] we haven't always been listened to. And this is why some of the issues still remain after five years in this team," he reckoned.

Alpine have been going through many changes, with Flavio Briatore coming on as Executive Advisor, while Bruno Famin made way for new team boss Oliver Oakes, not to mention several shuffles within the technical department.

There is also the plan to drop Renault power from as early as 2025 to become a customer team, most probably for Mercedes.

"There are new people now, inside the team, technically," Ocon commented. "I wish them the best, and I hope that this team can obviously succeed. But that circle was key from the start and hasn't been put in place correctly for us to make a step – enough of the step for the future."

As for his future drive at Haas, Ocon will partner rookie and Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman, and regardless if he will be the de facto team leader the 27-year-old is planning to give everything to succeed.

"I don't know if 'the team leader' is the right thing to say," he responded when asked if he will be team leader, "but I will put commitment, efforts, dedication to not miss any single detail and to share everything that I believe is important to improve – but quickly.

"You need not to wait a year for things to come in because things take time to develop, things take time to be created. And if you miss something for the first six months, well, it can be a year and six months until it comes to you.

"I've learned that now, that circle is key. And it has to happen. And I will make sure that once I say something I get [feedback] on it and I get an explanation – so we can open a debate.

"Because if you talk in the air, you know, it dissipates and it doesn't go anywhere," Ocon concluded.