Esteban Ocon desires "huge penalties" for F1 "keyboard warriors" after dying threats

Esteban Ocon says on-line abuse from “keyboard warriors shouldn’t be tolerated”, after his collision with Franco Colapinto within the System 1 Chinese language Grand Prix led to dying threats.

Haas driver Esteban Ocon instantly took the blame for the incident, for which he was penalised, and he additionally spoke to the Alpine driver after the race.

Regardless of that and the truth that Franco Colapinto nonetheless completed within the factors, some followers took to social media to precise their emotions.

The aggressive tone of some feedback led to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem sending Ocon a letter of assist, whereas additionally highlighting the governing physique’s coverage on abuse.

“Clearly there’s been loads happening,” stated Ocon when requested by Crash.internet in regards to the feedback.

“To be trustworthy, I did not pay an excessive amount of consideration to it, however I’ve seen what was happening on-line. The necessary factor for me was actually to talk with Franco instantly, to essentially inform him what I assumed, and that I used to be sorry in regards to the incident, as a result of it was my fault on that one.

“And we had an excellent chat, all the pieces was okay between us, in fact. And I am glad that he had an excellent race, nonetheless, and he nonetheless managed to attain factors, which was good.

“Sure for certain, any form of abuse on-line that that we noticed, it shouldn’t be tolerated in any respect and will have huge penalties. It should have no place in sport, or in our sport basically.

“However that is keyboard warriors, that is how they’re. I believe sooner or later it’ll turn out to be extra of a factor, and there most likely might be extra penalties for these individuals.”

Concerning the message from Ben Sulayem he stated: “The President despatched me a letter afterwards. So yeah, it’s been a speaking level for certain.”

Haas crew principal Ayao Komatsu stated he was happy with the best way his driver had taken blame for the collision.

“I believe Esteban right away accepted that was his mistake, and that was, I believe, very, superb,” he famous. “He stated it right away within the automobile, right away I believe after the race, and he spoke to Franco.

“So I believe from our aspect, Esteban was 100% spot-on. That is how I would wish to see our drivers behave. So I am very proud truly of Esteban, how he is been behaving.”