Alpine F1 challenger is not “a Monaco-special car”

Last weekend the team had its best weekend of the year as Esteban Ocon qualified third and Pierre Gasly seventh, and subsequently finished in the same positions.

Permane insisted the latest updates have helped to find performance and that Ocon’s result was achieved on merit, albeit helped by a grid penalty for Charles Leclerc that handed him a place.

Asked what he expected for the upcoming Spanish GP Permane insisted that the car will be just as…