The Alpine driver was involved in an opening-lap incident involving teammate Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo and Alfa Romeo’✱s Zhou Guanyu. 

After a sluggish getaway, Zhou rammed ꦑRicciardo, who was helpless to avoid hitting into the back of Ocon, with the Frenchman sent airborne before landing on Gasly’s car in the Turn 1 braking zone. 

Both Alpine drivers were forced into retirem🉐ent, while Zhou was hit with a five-second penalty for causiꩲng the collision. 

“We just suffered a strike into Turn 1. It’s just a mistake from Zhou in the back. That l🙈ed us to a massive hit,” explained Ocon. 

“I took off by, I donꦡ’t know, three metres, four metres on the rꦓear wheels. When I landed, there was a big hit. 

"My seat broke in pieces, in two♍ parts. So that tells how much the ❀impact was.

“Unfortunately, both cars were out afꦦter that. Those are the consequen𝄹ces from racing at the back. People tend to take more risk. We knew it and we suffered from it today.

“We’re going🗹 to be racing next week and that’s the good thing because we can forget qu🎃ickly this weekend.”

Ocon did not need to visit the medical centre b𓃲ut was treated in the physio room afterw🌠ards.