The FIA is investigating the pitlane incident in which Ocon nearly hit F1 personnel at the end of the AzerbaijanGP. 'This is crazy, it could have been a big, big one today.'
driver Ocon had completed the entire race on the hard tyre, hoping for a late red flag to give him a free, mandatory swap to a different compound.
The incident wasn't helped by the blind approach to the pit entry, with drivers first having to navigate a chicane so Ocon couldn't see what was transpiring until right before the pit entry line. The FIA then summoned its own staff responsible for managing the parc ferme area with the following statement.
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