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Tall Ocon says Renault RS20 fits like a glove

Renault recruit Esteban Ocon says he will have no issues fitting his lanky figure into the French team's new 2020 car. Driver comfort is obviously paramount inside the cockpit of a modern F1 car, where extra space is nonexistent and body movement is constrained by the seat and belts. Tall drivers often struggle to nestle themselves into the tightly regulated area, while margins for accommodating a lanky figure are extremely limited beyond the crucial process of seat-fitting. Renault reveals video of Ocon's seat fitting At 1.86m, Ocon towers over all his F1 rivals. But the Frenchman is just 2cm taller than Nico Hulkenberg, the man he's replaced at Renault, meaning the team already had a...
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