Esteban Ocon says going “over the limit” was the reason for his costly spin at the en🐼d of Formula 1 qualifying for the Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello.

Ocon spun his Renault at Turn 5 on hi🌳s final Q3 attempt, resulting in a yellow flag period which impacted several drivers including Valtteri Bottas and Renault team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who had to abandon their final efforts in qualifying.

Reflecting on his spin, Ocon said: “My mistake. Definitely the car was performing very well. We made a massive step in terms of confidence and balance from P3.  A step up in per𓄧formance as we🐓ll. Which was looking great. Q1 and Q2 were looking quite strong, and in Q2 I made a mistake in the last corner, so I knew there was going to be good lap possible in Q3. 

“I decided to go for it, and went a bit over the limit. And 🐷this track bites you if you go a bit over that limit. So it is a sham🌺e, but there will be plenty of opportunities tomorrow looking at how decent the car was today. Even if it will be difficult to overtake, I think at the start there will be a few things happening. So it is up to us to try and get them.”

With th🌄e Frenchman set to start the race from tenth, Ocon is hopeful overtaking will be easier than expected, as it was in the Formula 3 feature race on Saturday morning.

“I hope it will be,” Ocon added. “It would be a good surprise, if it is what we expect that is going to be difficu♒lt to follow from fast corner after fast c💞orner… F3 they follow quite close to each other, and with the long DRS there are a lot of overtakes from one lap to another. 

“In F2 there was a tyre difference, and safeಌty cars, and that is what made the race so interesting. So let us see. This year everything we predicted did not actually happen many times. So anything can happen this year. So that is why I am saying there w⛄ill be opportunities for us tomorrow.”