Esteban Ocon says his clash with Lewis Hamilton in the Monaco Grand Prix was a racing incident and should not have been sanctioned with a five-second penalty that dropped him out of the points. The pair were battling for eighth in the first part of the race after Hamilton, running on faster intermediate tyres, had caught up with the Alpine driver who was still on extreme wets. Hamilton moved to the inside of the Frenchman on the approach to Ste Devote, but Ocon took his line into the corner, the Alpine's right-rear wheel tagging the Mercedes' front wing. The Briton immediately radioed in to tell his team that Ocon had "just turned in on me". The stewards agreed with the...
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