Referencing his strongly worded reaction to the incident that followed, which promised “appropriate consequences”, Famin continued: “I think it was quite right [for me] to be upset, because for the team it was very bad.
“Without the red flag we would have been [with] Pierre last, because he would have to stop for the puncture, he would have finished the race last. It was a very bad thing.”
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Famin denied, however, that there was ever a threat of Ocon being benched for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, where the 27-year-old also sat out FP1 to give reserve driver Jack Doohan some more F1 running.
“I don’t know who talked about that,” said Famin, with Ocon himself playing down talk that he was being “punished” by the team. “It has never been a point.
“Again, we are professional. Even if something bad happens, we talk, we discuss, and we do what we need to do for improving the situation for the coming race, but benching him for a race has never been a point.”
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