News Details

Perez blames F1 radio blackout for Ocon crash

Ewan Gale Friday 16 April 2021 19:16 Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has blamed Formula 1's radio blackout for the collision with Alpine's Esteban Ocon during opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The incident was not captured on camera but it is understood Perez's left-rear wheel came into contact with Ocon's right-front at the Villeneuve chicane, curtailing both of their sessions. Article continues under video It happened after teams were hit by mass technical outages caused by a failure of a local fibre-optic line meaning television onboard cameras, GPS data, team radio communication and tyre information were unavailable. Perez believes this contributed to the coming...
Full Story »
4y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

No action taken following Perez and Ocon FP1 collision

Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon will not face action from the stewards...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Sergio Perez & Esteban Ocon Escape Penalties For...

The stewards have decided not to penalise Sergio Perez or Esteban Ocon...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Perez explains how radio issues factored into Ocon...

Article To news overview © Getty Images/Red Bull Contentpool Sergio...
4y ago from RacingNews365.com

Perez and Ocon cleared over FP1 collision

Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon have agreed neither driver was at fault for...
4y ago from Racer.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood’s surprise lunge on Alex Palou...

Kyle Kirkwood took victory in the inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington on...

Rough and tumble weekend dampens Josef Newgarden’s...

Josef Newgarden came into IndyCar's Arlington GP weekend on a high,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC Rally Scotland brings top tier rallying back to...

The 2027 WRC calendar should have an exciting new event on the calendar:...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The race for Premier League Player of the Season:...

As we push through the crucial month of March in the 2025/26 Premier...
38m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Frontrunners Arsenal face intense battle to sign...

According to Calciomercato, AC Milan and Inter Milan are actively...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“Just not normal in football” - Kyle Walker on...

Burnley defender Kyle Walker has admitted it is horrific to play against...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Premier League clubs consider move for...

Arsenal youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly is approaching a pivotal moment in...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.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.