MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished the Austrian Grand Prix with Esteban Ocon 10th and Oliver Bearman 11th – the event held Sunday at the Red Bull Ring.
Esteban started the race – which was reduced to 70 laps due to an aborted start – from 17th place on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires, and gained three spots across a chaotic opening lap. Esteban cycled his way through the midfield pack before pitting on lap 19 for White hard rubber, overhauling Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, prior to making his second pit stop on lap 51, switching to another set of the hard compound. Esteban passed Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar in the closing stint to move into the top 10, adding another point to his and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s tally.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds seventh position in the Constructors’ Championship, on 29 points.
Up front Lando Norris of McLaren led teammate Oscar Piastri for a one-two result, with Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third.
Esteban Ocon: “I’m very happy, looking at where we were in qualifying. It’s a great recovery by the whole team. We got a point for consolation but it means a lot as it shows we have a really good race car, we just need a bit more in qualifying, trying to get a bit more performance. The car was very solid and reliable, and I thank the team for that – as we ended in the interesting positions at the end. It was tough racing out there today, how I like it, but it was a bit too tough perhaps because it could’ve cost us a lot more – but we should be pleased with the point.”
