Renault rebranded as Alpine F1 Team for the season. The team signed two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to partner Ocon after Daniel Ricciardo left for McLaren. In the team's first race as Alpine, the , Ocon was rear-ended by Sebastian Vettel in the Aston Martin. Ocon finished the race 13th and Vettel later apologised for the incident. Ocon qualified ninth for the and was classified ninth in the race ahead of Alonso in tenth, earning the team their first points under the Alpine name. This began a run of points finishes; Ocon qualified sixth and finished seventh at the before recording two ninth-place finishes at the Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix. His first retirement of the season came at the with a turbocharger failure.