Esteban Ocon was hoping for a points-scoring opening race in Bahrain, instead the Alpine driver's evening collapsed under the weight of a collection of bizarre penalties. Qualifying among the top-ten on Saturday was half the job done for Ocon. But the Frenchman's troubles started as soon as he lined up on the grid. Unbeknownst to Ocon, the stewards had noted that the Alpine's right front wheel was positioned slightly out of his ninth-place grid slot. "Four cars were also ahead [of their grid slots]," he argued after the race. "I was not the only one out of the line. I was the most forward, that’s clear. But not the only one. So that’s a frustrating one." Ocon was...
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