MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Oliver Bearman 11th and Esteban Ocon 13th, at the British Grand Prix, held Sunday at Silverstone.
Esteban took the start from 14th on intermediate tires and moved up to 13th position after contact with Liam Lawson on the opening lap, for which no further action was taken. Esteban moved into the top five as rain intensified before coming into the pits on lap 18, for more intermediate tires, the French racer re-joining in 16th position. Esteban pitted for medium tires on lap 43 and remained in the hunt for the top 10 before contact with teammate Bearman, dropping him to 13th place – which he retained through to the checkered flag.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds ninth position in the Constructors’ Championship on 29 points.
Up front Lando Norris led Oscar Piastri for a McLaren one-two finish, with Nico Hulkenberg finishing third for Sauber.
Esteban Ocon: “It was an extremely frustrating race. From the beginning when I was in the middle of two cars, I thought there was going to be contact and as soon as I saw, I backed off but there wasn’t room for three cars. I glad everyone was okay and it was a miracle my car was fine, and after that we made all the right choices though we didn’t box for a new set of inters. That slipped through our hands and it’s not usually something that happens to me. The thing that happened with Ollie at the end I’m sad about – I’m sad for the team as well – as we both deserved more from today, we deserved to be in the points from where we came from, so we’ll review to improve.”