Esteban Ocon’s seat broke into "two parts" during dramatic first-lap airborne crash at F1 Hungarian GP
The Alpine driver was involved in an opening-lap incident involving teammate Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciard🌠o and Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu.
After a sluggishꦇ getaway, Zhou rammed Ricciardo, who was helpless to avoid hitting into the back of Ocon, with the Frenchman sent airborne before land༺ing on Gasly’s car in the Turn 1 braking zone.
Both Alpine drivers were forced into retirement, while Zhou was hit with a five-second penalty for causing the collisio𝕴n.
“We just suffered a strike into Turn 1. It’s just a mistake💦 from Zhou in the back. That led us to a massive hit,” explained Ocon.
“I took off by,𒆙 I🐼 don’t know, three metres, four metres on the rear wheels. When I landed, there was a big hit.
"My seat broke in pieces, in two parts. So th෴at tells how much the impact was.
“Unfortunately, both cars were out after that. Those are the c🥀onsequences from racing at the back. Peopl🌸e tend to take more risk. We knew it and we suffered from it today.
“Wಞe’re going to be racing next week and that’s the good thing because we can forget quickly this weekend.”
Ocon 🙈did not need to visit the medical centre but was treated in the physio room afterwards.
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