The comical F1 record Esteban Ocon set at the Austrian Grand Prix
Ahead of the race at the Red Bull Ring, the record was set at three - O♒con at the 2023𝓡 Bahrain Grand Prix.
In Bahrain, the Alpine driver was penalised for an inaccurate start position before being given another penalty for failing to serve it properly at a pꦅit stop, while his third penalty was for speeding in the pit lane.
His three offences equalled the record set by Pastor Maldonado at the 2015 Hungariꦕan Grand Prix.
The Frenchman has now broken it, with the t𓆏ally now at fi👍ve.
Ocon was one of the eight drivers to be handed post-race penalties afte๊r Sunday’s race.
He was hit with 30 seconds worth of time penalties🅘 for track limits from four separate infractions.
During the race itself, Ocon was h🉐it with a penalty for an unsafe release.
More amusingly, Ocon and his race engineer were pl𝓡eased after t🐼he race when chatting over team radio that they were one of the few drivers not to pick up a penalty.
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