Ocon suffers triple penalty in Bahrain opener

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MANAMA : Esteban Ocon started his Formula One season with an unwanted triple of time penalties before the Renault-owned Alpine team retired his car from Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.The Frenchman was first given a five-second penalty for being slightly out of position when he lined up ninth on the grid at

MANAMA : Esteban Ocon started his Formula One season with an unwanted triple of time penalties before the Renault-owned Alpine team retired his car from Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.

He then got a further 10-second penalty for serving the first one incorrectly, with the mechanics starting work on his car a fraction of a second too early.Team boss Otmar Szafnauer told reporters the second penalty was not the driver's fault. "I think the third one was pit speed limiter. Again, I think a half a metre early off the pit speed limiter button.

 

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