This was Ocon and Alpine's first victory, the first Grand Prix win for the Enstone team since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, when they were known as Lotus F1, and Ocon's first win in any motor race since the 2015 GP3 Series. Ocon credited teammate Alonso for preventing Hamilton from catching him by the end of the race. It also marked the first victory for a French driver driving a French car powered by a French engine since Alain Prost's triumph at the 1983 Austrian Grand Prix driving a Renault car.