On Saturday, we saw nineteen drivers in qualifying. Esteban Ocon was missing, as he parked his Alpine car in the wall in Turn 13, just before the sharp chicane in the third free practice session. Although the crash seemed harmless, it was still a hard hit. Esteban Ocon announced this after qualifying. The Frenchman explained to The Race that the impact was as high as 51G. The Alpine driver explains that the car measured this value. The cause of the high G-forces at the crash was the concrete wall into which he slammed sideways. After the crash of Carlos Sainz on Friday it was already indicated that the F1 drivers want changes in that corner, but the FIA did nothing. Read more Andretti...
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