‘You need to kill me to retire’ - Esteban Ocon wasn’t prepared to stop despite F1 Qatar GP "hell"

The Alpine driver said he had vomited several times in his helmet but still managed to fini﷽sh seventh as extreme conditions made for ✨a gruelling race in Qatar.
Several drivers required medical attention after Sunday’s rac♛e, which took place in temperatures in excess o🌟f 30C and high humidity.
Williams driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant retired becaus🍰e he could not cope with the conditions any longer after reporting he felt unwell.
“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 .
“I was trying to also guide with my hands some air into the 🅺helmet because I couldn’t.
“The more I was breathing to try and get everything lower, the ♉more heat was coming insid⛎e the helmet and honestly it was hell in there.”

While Ocon admitted the conditions were like nothing he has ever experienced before, the Fr🐼enchman said he was not prepared to stop, no matter how ill he felt.
“It’s not an optio💛n, retiring,” he stressed. “I was never going to do that. You need to kill me to retire.”
The FIA has voꦿwed to take action to help F1 deal with extreme weather and ensure driver safety in future events.
Nex🌊t year’s Qatar race will take place six weeks later, o⛄n December 1.

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