Force India reveal Ocon had brake-by-wire issue

Force India have revealed that Esteban Ocon suffered a brake-by-wire failure during the last two laps of the Monaco Grand Prix. Ocon came home in sixth position, best of the rest behind the big three teams with a good points finish.

Deputy team principal Bob Fernley told Autosport that Ocon's effort to make it to the flag was "remarkable" and that the Frenchman drove well to score very good points for the team.

"Esteban lost the brake-by-wire for the last two laps.

"How he managed to drive it was remarkable, a great effort from him.

"From our side, we were only looking for mistakes and reliability issues to move up, and there weren't any, so we are where we are.

"But it was a great result for Esteban, especially with the braking problems he had in the last couple of laps.

"He's had a couple of difficult races, so it's nice to come back with a good one.

"It was just disappointing that we didn't get them both in the points, which is what we would have liked. Overall a very good result."