Esteban Ocon tells why he took public transport back to the pits after Singapore DNFEsteban Ocon has related the story of how he took the public metro back to the pits in full race gear after his retirement from the Singapore Grand Prix.
The Alpine driver was forced to pull over with a power-unit failure in his car on lap 28 at Marina Bay, seven laps after his team-mate Fernando Alonso had suffered a similar fate. The problem was that at Turn 13, just after crossing the Anderson Bridge, Ocon’s incident had occurred at the remotest part of the track in relation to the paddock.
Being a street circuit, it meant the options were limited for Ocon to get himself back to the pits – and so he decided public transport would be his best bet. Still with his crash helmet on, the Frenchman, accompanied by a marshal, headed underground and was pictured entering a station at the CityLink Mall on the MRT system.corporate event in the build-up to the Japanese Grand Prix – although he did not say how he had paid his fare!
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