Esteban Ocon believes more drivers will receive penalties this F1 season for lining up incorrectly at the start despite wider grid boxes. Here's what the Alpine driver said ⬇️
Alpine's Esteban Ocon believes more drivers will receive penalties this Formula 1 season for lining up incorrectly at the start despite wider grid boxes. in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix for lining up too far to the right of his grid box.similarly copped a penalty after he lined up to the left.for the third grand prix in Melbourne. It also trialled a new guidance line in the first couple of grid boxes.
But despite the extra margin, Ocon believes the poor visibility from the current crop of F1 cars will still cause more drivers to be hit by penalties this year. "It just looks silly that we get penalised for these things because it can seem so simple, but it's because we can't see anything from where we are sitting.
"It was already 20 centimetres wider this year compared to last year. And now they are going 20 more so obviously it's going in the right direction," he explained.
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