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Ocon given three place grid penalty for blocking

70th Anniversary Grand Prix – Renault's Esteban Ocon has been given a three place grid penalty for Sunday's race, after blocking George Russell in Q1. Esteban Ocon qualified in P11 for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, but will start from P14 after being given a three place grid penalty. The penalty was imposed after the French driver was judged to have blocked Williams' George Russell entering the Wellington Straight during Q1 as the British driver started a flying lap. It was a clear-cut block, with Ocon even acknowledging that the block was ‘bad' to his race engineer Mark Slade. The penalty was expected as a result, and word came through afterwards that the...
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