Same team, same nationality, same number of points collected. In this case, zero. French Alpine drivers Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon clashed during the Australian Grand Prix, the third round of the Formula 1 world championship won by Verstappen.
The two drivers touched during the third standing start given in this GP, and this, when they were respectively 5th and 10th and could hope to finish in the top 10 with points in the key.
Gasly suspended from the next GP?
“There were cars everywhere, cars that got out, including Pierre in front. Afterwards he comes back on the track, squeezes me a little on the outside and I had no more room, so we hang on “explained Ocon to the microphone of Canal + after the race, adding that Gasly had “apologized” by his side.
“They both apologized”, rectified the boss of Alpine Otmar Szafnauer in a press briefing, referring to “the chaos at that time”. While an investigation was opened by the FIA to shed light on this incident, Szafnauer did not show concern for Gasly, under the threat of a suspension at the next Grand Prix of Azerbaijan at the end of April in the event of a penalty. .