Ocon suffers penalty woe after pre-sprint shunt

Esteban Ocon has received a hefty time penalty before the Miami Sprint has even gotten underway.

04 May 2024

Esteban Ocon has been slapped with a 10-second time penalty ahead of Saturday's Miami Sprint race, following a pit-lane incident. The Alpine driver received the time penalty which will be added to his finishing time after crashing into the side of Charles Leclerc when exiting his garage. Ocon required a new front-wing following the incident, which turns the second sprint race of 2024 into more of a test. He will start from P13 whilst Leclerc qualified on the front row alongside Max Verstappen.

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Drama before we've even started! Ocon picks up a 10-second time penalty for this contact with Leclerc on the way to the grid 💥 #F1Sprint #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/wx4vYR8maZ — Formula 1 (@F1) May 4, 2024

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