Esteban Ocon finished ninth and was satisfied: "We deserved this race, we deserved these two points."

Benefiting from Nico Hülkenberg's penalty after a collision at the Fairmont hairpin, Esteban Ocon finished ninth in the Monaco Grand Prix and secured two valuable points for Haas. The Frenchman enjoyed a well-managed race after a difficult qualifying session.

He crossed the finish line in tenth place, but that wouldn't be his final position in the standings. He had to wait for the penalty... Nico Hulkenberg so thatEsteban Ocon inherits his ninth place, but the driver Haas He doesn't complain about it. "At the hairpin, it was a bit close — all three of us touched, Nico [Hülkenberg], Carlos [Sainzand me, and in the end Nico was penalized so I finished ninth.”, he summarized on Canal+ microphone.

The main point lies elsewhere: two points snatched at the end of a race managed intelligently in conditions that surprised many of his rivals. For Monaco had its traps hidden beyond the walls and barriers. The asphalt, which was beginning to peel away under the heat, had made the track particularly treacherous towards the end of the race.

The Haas driver had anticipated it: “I saw the tarmac problem very early in the race, that it was starting to get slippery. I didn't want to complain too much because I had already made my pit stop, so it would have set me back. We had to survive with it, which we managed to do. It surprised a lot of others, so that was good.”

"The strategy was excellent."

Over the whole weekend, the Norman player mainly remembers the quality of the collective work. "It was incredibly close and honestly I think we made all the right choices during this race. The strategy was excellent. We deserve this race, we deserve these two points. It feels good after quite a few difficult races." A shared satisfaction, all the more sincere as he made a point of warmly acknowledging the podium finishers.Isaac Hadjar : "I would especially like to congratulate Isack — it's great to see a Frenchman on the podium, and I'm happy it's him."

A good boost for our French team, because with seventh place Pierre Gasly — demoted from third place after a ten-second penalty — all three of our French drivers finished in the points in the same Grand Prix. This hadn't happened since the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix, also with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, but they weren't joined by Isack Hadjar, who was still racing in karting, but of Romain GrosjeanIt remains to be seen whether the French drivers on the current grid can continue this good momentum next weekend in Barcelona.

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