Ocon blasts the stewards after Monaco GP penalty
Esteban Ocon was penalised by the stewards following contact with Sir Lewis Hamilton during Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon was penalised by the stewards following contact with Sir Lewis Hamilton during Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon is a Grand Prix winner and one of Formula One’s most promising young drivers. However, the Frenchman’s future seemed bleak in 2019.
Several months after his breakthrough triumph in the sport at last year’s race in Hungary, Esteban Ocon will be honoured with his own grandstand at the 2022 French Grand Prix.
When Alpine instructed Esteban Ocon to “slow down” to help his teammate Fernando Alonso who had incurred a time penalty, Ocon defied team orders saying he “can’t do it” because he didn’t want to risk losing positions.
Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer announced that Esteban Ocon will race on the new floor in Miami alongside Fernando Alonso.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon set the benchmark time, but Nicholas Latifi had to retire after his Williams caught fire, bringing the Friday morning test session to a halt.