Esteban Ocon had made a superb sprint race on Saturday at Spa, finishing 5th in this sprint, behind Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc. But on Sunday, during the Belgian Grand Prix, he experienced much more difficulty driving his Haas. The Norman pilot finished 15th, while his teammate Oliver Bearman finished 11th. Haas did not get any points on Sunday and the French could have it bad since his race was spoiled by strategic errors from his stable. Thus, Ocon had to compete in his latest relay with worn tires … when he had new ones in the garage.
Ocon sealed by Haas
Esteban Ocon explained after the race that two big strategic errors had spoiled the hopes of obtaining points and living a very big weekend. “”It’s really a disappointing race, for both cars. I think that today, we had the speed to score points. We failed to put everything in order. First, we stopped two laps too late and that makes it twice. In Silverstone, too, there was a missed on that side. We really have to understand why it is the case every time. The other thing is that, when I stopped, we had a new tire gear that was ready in the garage and we put the worn train. […] So I did my 35 laps with a worn train when we had a new medium train available during the race. It’s a big mistake, and it is expensive“said Ocon at the microphone of Canal+ after the race. Suffice to say that the Frenchman was bad against his stable, when he could have obtained many points this weekend …
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Esteban Ocon had made a superb sprint race on Saturday at Spa, finishing 5th in this sprint, behind Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc. But on Sunday, during the Belgian Grand Prix, he experienced much more difficulty driving his Haas.