Childhood buddies Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly each agreed it was a “stunning story” to attain a double podium for the Alpine crew in Brazil.

Ocon and Gasly mastered the circumstances at Interlagos to complete behind winner Max Verstappen, Alpine’s first double podium end since Renault returned to the game in 2017.

The French pair have identified one another for a very long time having karted collectively as youngsters earlier than rising to F1 collectively.

In an interview with Dutch broadcaster ViaPlay, Gasly joined Ocon throughout his interview.

“You keep in mind [in karting] after we have been driving within the rain?” Ocon requested Gasly.

“Even within the snow! Similar within the days after we have been the one ones displaying up on the observe. However it’s all value it,” Gasly mentioned in response.

Ocon mentioned the magnitude of what each had achieved solely hit him when he was slowing down after crossing the end line for the ultimate time.

“It paid off and I let you know after we did that formation, on the in-lap, that was the very first thing that got here into my thoughts. What an exquisite story that’s.”

The rostrum vaulted Alpine from ninth to sixth within the constructors’ championship standings, which may very well be value an additional $50 million in prize cash.

“It is a second of a lifetime,” Gasly added within the ViaPlay interview. “As a child, from the place we got here from, to finish up as teammates was towards all odds … however [also] to finish up on the identical podium on a season like this 12 months. As a result of no-one thought we might have put a podium. In the best way we did it simply unbelievable.”

When Gasly joined Alpine forward of final season, a lot was manufactured from the rockier occasions of their friendship over current seasons. The 2 drivers fell out as each made the System 1 grid however have since spoken about how previous rifts have healed in recent times.

“For our story, no one is aware of our story, it is one thing that’s private to us,” Gasly added. “However no matter every little thing that occurred, on a day like at the moment it makes it very particular and it is an exquisite story.”