Famin and Ocon are understood to have spoken on Sunday night, with the Frenchman apologising for his actions and subsequently taking the blame publicly with a tweet. “At this time’s incident was my fault,” he stated. “The hole was too small in the long run and I apologise to the workforce on this one.”
Fortuitously, Gasly was in a position to maintain on to safe tenth and an important level – with the top-10 the identical because the beginning grid for the primary time in historical past – which went some approach to sparing the workforce’s blushes.
The results of dropping Ocon
Talks are deliberate for this week to debate whether or not there shall be any repercussions. There was some hypothesis that Ocon shall be “benched” for the Canadian Grand Prix, the place he’s set to serve a five-place grid penalty for the Monaco collision, with Alpine turning to order driver Jack Doohan for that race earlier than recalling Ocon for Spain.
Such a transfer would permit Alpine to evaluate Doohan’s potential, as they weigh up giving their junior a race seat subsequent season. Nonetheless, dropping Ocon as a punishment is an excessive measure which has by no means been utilized by one other workforce in F1 historical past – and is extraordinarily unlikely to occur.
If that call is made it will possible harm the connection with Ocon past restore whereas additionally damaging the Frenchman’s probabilities of securing a seat elsewhere on the grid, in the event that they determine to half methods on the finish of this season when his contract expires.
It’s extra possible that the workforce will sit down and talk about the occasions of Monaco earlier than placing a proper ‘guidelines of engagement’ doc in place for future races to make sure the workforce is put first.
