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Esteban Ocon on 2020: “There's no place for DNFs”

With the Formula 1 season almost cut in half, the French driver admits that there won't be any possibility of retiring during races. As it was announced last week, Formula 1 is expected to resume its course with 15-18 races starting this summer. Esteban Ocon, the French driver of the Renault team, said in an interview with Sky Sports, that he couldn’t afford any retirement in the race because the margin of error will be reduced by halving the races to be run. 'There's not going to be any ‘joker', there's no place for DNFs. It's going to be very important to finish all the races, score all the points available, and get it to the finish.' Charles Leclerc also expressed his opinion...
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