Esteban Ocon was left to rue his wretched luck in Baku on Friday, after narrowly lacking out on a Q3 look for the Formulation 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a consequence of a yellow flag forcing an abortion of his closing flying lap.
The Frenchman has arrived in Baku underneath a steady cloud of hypothesis concerning his future with Haas, admitting he’s, at current, a “free agent” going into 2027.
Trying to make good on upgrades which have appeared to enhance the American squad’s VF-26 challenger, Ocon was wanting on good kind, and readily capable of make the ultimate a part of qualifying.
However a yellow flag in direction of the tip of Q2 put paid to his possibilities of a season-best grid slot, and vented his frustration to media afterwards.
“Unbelievable. You recognize, we had been on for a Q3 lap,” he stated. “[The] Automobile was working nicely. We don’t have many possibilities like this when the automobile’s working nicely. It hasn’t been working all through the entire season. We improved issues, however we had a Q3 automobile right this moment.”
“And the yellow flag, mainly. I received a gust of wind the lap earlier than, however I used to be on for a Q3 lap as nicely. After which I did the identical lap time, once more, arriving to Flip 15. And I don’t know who went off, however I needed to again off on the exit to guarantee that I used to be not gonna get any penalty.
“And yeah. I imply, I did precisely the identical lap time. So, yeah, I misplaced, what, three, 4 tenths? With that, unbelievable. You recognize? I simply haven’t any phrases.”
Esteban Ocon fed-up with ‘at all times one thing occurring’
Ocon, alluding to the seemingly endless stream of rumours about his F1 future, added that it feels to be one factor or one other stopping his progress from race to race.
“It’s a unique race weekend, identical shit, you recognize,” he concluded. “There’s at all times one thing occurring, on my facet, if it’s both the automobile, if it’s one thing else.
“My yellow flag, Security Automobiles, no matter, however I don’t deserve all of the s**t that I’ve on my again for the time being, so, I don’t know. I would have to take an excellent bathe.”
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