Esteban Ocon is not happy with Kimi Raikkonen after their collision on the first lap in Baku.
After a good start for Ocon, he looked to go around the outside of the Ferrari at turn two, but on such a tight track, a crash is always likely, and Ocon was sent into the wall and out of the race.
It was only Ocon’s second retirement in Formula One. Raikkonen recovered to finish second in an eventful race.
“Clearly I had a great start, really good, I managed to overtake him in turn two,” he told French broadcaster Canal +. “I was ahead of him on the straight. I was completely ahead, he was behind.
“I don’t know what he did, he released the brakes and hit me.”
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Ocon had an opportunity to score big points but had to watch from the pit wall as his team mate Sergio Perez picked up third place and with it 15 points.
The Frenchman believes that Raikkonen should not even have been near him at the start, considering his Ferrari car: “What do we want to tell Kimi? He doesn’t talk. He’s not in the position he should be with a Ferrari.
“He made a mistake yesterday, he made another one today.”
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