Article To news overview © XPBimages Esteban Ocon has revealed that clarification talks with the FIA highlighted the reason for his first penalty in the Formula 1 season-opener in Bahrain. Alpine driver Ocon qualified ninth in Sakhir, but endured a terrible race day, which started with a five second penalty for being out of position in his grid box. This penalty was improperly served with a resulting 10s penalty handed out, but the Frenchman sped in the pitlane whilst serving that and so was given another five second hit. He would eventually retire and speaking to media in Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, revealed that the first penalty was not for being too far forward in his...
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