Okon and Gasly had fun and got cold in the north of Sweden

Over the past two days, Alpine F1 team drivers have dedicated a very interesting and interesting activity – Pierre Gasly and Esteban Okon took part in the Castrol Challenge, which took place on the ice rink in northern Sweden.

The track was built on the frozen lake Uddjaur, which is very close to the Arctic Circle, and we told that Formula 1 drivers took flying lessons under similar conditions from the famous Norwegian Solberg family.

Apparently, Castrol’s press service is preparing a full-fledged video report on these events, and so far there is not much information, but the contestants nevertheless shared some publications on social networks. By the way, along with Petter and Oliver Solberg and the Alpine F1 pilots, Spanish motorcycle racer Alex Rins, who competes in MotoGP for the LCR Honda team, also took part in them.

For example, here is what Petter Solberg, ex World Rally and Rallycross Champion, wrote: “It was a great two days in Lapland, during which Esteban, Pierre and Alex tried to drive our 600 hp Citroën DS3 and enjoyed driving fast on ice in a controlled slip!”

His son Oliver spoke in much the same vein, adding the following observations: “It was nice to see the guys from Alpine F1 and Alex racing faster each race and letting the car go into a stronger skid.”

It is worth emphasizing that Gasly and Okon not only raced the DS3 rallycross around the track, but also Alpine sports cars. Of course, the French riders also shared their impressions by posting a series of photos and short videos, but their comments were more concise.

“48 Hours in Wonderland!” Pierre wrote.

“It was unrealistically fun, but also unrealistically cold!” – Esteban reported, and he can be understood, as temperatures are approaching minus 30 in Swedish Lapland this weekend.