Esteban Ocon insists he wouldn’t choose to retire from a race under any circumstances, despite driving through “hell” at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix.
The Alpine driver said he had vomited several times in his helmet but still managed to finish seventh as extreme conditions made for a gruelling race in Qatar.
Several drivers required medical attention after Sunday’s race, which took place in temperatures in excess of 30C and high humidity.“I never felt something like that, it was so hot that I wanted to open the visor on the straight-line because I had no air,” Ocon is quoted as saying by“The more I was breathing to try and get everything lower, the more heat was coming inside the helmet and honestly it was hell in there.
“It’s not an option, retiring,” he stressed. “I was never going to do that. You need to kill me to retire.”The FIA has vowed to take action to help F1 deal with extreme weather and ensure driver safety in future events.
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