The Singapore GP lived up to its reputation of having a safety car appear in every race. This time, the ones who caused it were the Force India duo. Esteban Ocon attempted to overtake his teammate but the two collided.
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This resulted in Ocon being bumped straight into the wall, with Perez continuing onward. In the chaos, Sergey Sirotkin’s Williams picked up some debris from the Force India. In 11 editions, the Safety car has now appeared 15 times at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The FIA stewards did investigate the incident but ruled that it was a racing incident.
This is not the first time that the pair have clashed on track. the 2017 season was riddled with clashes between the Frenchman and the Mexican. Things came to a head in Belgium 2017 and the team were forced to intervene. They managed to calm both of them down and even threatened to drop one of them.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the incident.
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Sergey Sirotkin's Williams is sporting a new nose ring 👃
The Russian picked up the odd debris from Ocon's car on the opening lap#SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 #F1 pic.twitter.com/dqLARFMTfS
— Formula 1 (@F1) September 16, 2018
An interesting new upgrade 🤔 #F1 #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/mk35lGV0H7
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) September 16, 2018
Ocon 😭 The Force India's collide and not for the first time 😬 #SingaporeGP #WTF1
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) September 16, 2018
No further action on Perez and Ocon #F1 #SingaporeGP
— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) September 16, 2018
Why is it that there’s one bit of action then it goes back to boring again? Won’t be long till race 2 of BTCC #SingaporeGP #F1
— Dave ja vu (@CDM0202) September 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/GeoJoubert/status/1041303665540300801
#F12018 Sergio Pérez nudged his teammate, Esteban Ocon, into the wall
Pérez look in your wing mirrors before you pull out!— LordWilsonVilla 🦁🇬🇧❌ UAI (@LordWilsonVILLA) September 16, 2018
I honestly feel so sorry for Esteban Ocon and everything that he is going through this past month. This race is just a tip of the iceberg! #F1 #SingaporeGP
— ℛ. ♔ (@MissMysticBitch) September 16, 2018
Esteban Ocon’s been having the worst luck ever. ☹️☹️☹️ it sucks especially when you’re talented and you deserve everything (or at least something) but things do not seem to happen the way you want them to #SingaporeGP
— deena (@deenashini) September 16, 2018
