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A cooling issue to blame for Ocon's DNF

Esteban Ocon's retirement at the Styrian Grand Prix was caused by a cooling issue on his Renault, he has confirmed. The Frenchman was running solidly in the points at the start of his second race back on the grid. On Lap 17 he was in P6 battling his team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, who eventually got past two laps later. However, his race abruptly came to an end when he was instructed to pull into the pits to retire. It meant that Renault has finished both of the opening two races with just one car still running, and Ocon put the DNF down to a cooling issue. 'Yeah we are suspecting a cooling issue with the car,' he said after his retirement. 'It's very unfortunate to see that – of...
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