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Ocon handed huge double pit lane start penalty

Article To news overview © XPBimages Esteban Ocon will start both the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Sprint and Grand Prix from the pit lane after the Sprint race rule shakeup. The Alpine driver was due to start Saturday's Sprint from P13 on the grid, but this has been sacrificed after the team took the car out of parc ferme conditions. The exact nature of the car modifications are not known, but the team confirmed to RacingNews365 that there are no problems to report, which means the team appear to be making setup changes to the car. Owing to the rule and format changes made ahead of the Sprint weekend, taking the car out of parc ferme results in a pit lane start for both the Sprint and the main...
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