News Details

Ocon never succumbed to 'mental defeat' in difficult times

Esteban Ocon has endured a difficult maiden season with Renault this year, but the Frenchman says he never succumbed to the worst plight for a driver: mental defeat. Ocon returned to the F1 grid in 2020 after a year on the sidelines that followed his exit from Racing Point. The 24-year-old required time to get acquainted with his new team and back into Formula 1's groove, but as he struggled to improve Ocon's performance shortfall relative to teammate Daniel Ricciardo was singled out by his critics. Ocon kept his head down and pressed on however, and his efforts were rightly rewarded with a runner-up spot behind Racing Point's Sergio Perez in the Sakhir Grand Prix, an impressive result...
Full Story »
4y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas admits defeat by Russell 'wouldn't look good'

A candid Valtteri Bottas says it "wouldn't look good" if he was...
4y ago from F1i.com

‘Time To Go!’: Arteta Under Pressure After Spurs...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has found himself in hot water following his...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Ocon reveals 'he cried on the line' after claiming...

Esteban Ocon says he cried when crossing the F1 finish line on the final...
4y ago from Crash.net

Ocon on his Maiden Top Three Finish: “We’re on the...

Esteban Ocon secured his maiden Formula 1 podium with a strong performance...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motegi remains on MotoGP calendar through 2030

MotoGP has officially confirmed that the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marco Bezzecchi explained what ‘key moment' he...

Marco Bezzecchi explained his first lap was the "key moment"...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward explains the multiple steps that came...

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s IndyCar race from the streets of Toronto,...

Kyffin Simpson’s confidence ‘very high right...

When Kyffin Simpson crossed the finish line in Sunday’s Honda Indy...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The North London Blueprint: A Real Gooner's Take on...

You can feel it, can't you? It's not just hope anymore. For years, hope...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'It wouldn’t have cost him anything' - Chelsea star...

Chelsea star Marc Cucurella has admitted he found it strange that Noni...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta provides injury update on 2 key players...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided an update on Gabriel Magalhães...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Chelsea gave us a £75m GK for 50p' - Arsenal fans...

Arsenal fans have taken to X to hail new goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.