F1 Fans React To Alpine's Disastrous Slew Of Penalties At Bahrain Grand Prix

Esteban Ocon has had a terrible start to the 2023 season.

Alpine driver Esteban Ocon has been a huge talking point during the Bahrain Grand Prix this afternoon, but for all of the wrong reasons. 

At just lap 31, the French driver has already been handed multiple penalties. The first penalty came in when Ocon was over the line of the grid box at the start of the race, he received a 5-second time penalty for this. 

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Ocon went in for a pitstop and before the team started he took the five seconds time penalty. However, work on his A523 started too soon and the penalty was not served correctly. This then led to another time penalty of ten seconds.

On top of this ten-second penalty, Ocon was then found to be speeding in the pit lane which resulted in an additional five-second penalty. 

Fans have been reacting to the unbelievable saga, with one commenting:

"Esteban and McLaren today"

"Lets hear how fuming Esteban Ocon is on his radio"

Lets hear how fuming @OconEsteban is on his radio 😅#BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/7DlEwH8dah

— IJVA🐝 (@IjvaSteph) March 5, 2023

"Ocon hearing about the 15 sec penalty"

ocon hearing about the 15 sec penalty #BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/IyUSBqtnGn

— formulaonegoesbrrr🏎️ (@formulaoneee) March 5, 2023

"Ocon will start the Saudi GP from Sakhir"

Ocon will start the Saudi GP from Sakhir 💀 #BahrainGP

— chris p (@GrazieRaggazi16) March 5, 2023

"Esteban Ocon and his fetish of being penalized" [translated by Twitter]

Esteban Ocon y su fetiche de ser penalizado 😂🤣. #F12023 #BahrainGP #Formula1

— Kevin Daniel González (@Panela1_35) March 5, 2023

"The only person having a worse race than Piastri is Ocon. GATDAMN. 5 sec penalty for wrong grid position, 10 sec penalty for incorrectly serving the 5 sec and NOW under investigation for speeding in the pit lane?" [sic]

The only person having a worse race than Piastri is Ocon. GATDAMN. 5 sec penalty for wrong grid position, 10 sec penalty for incorrectly serving the 5 sec and NOW under investigation for speeding in the pit lane? #BahrainGP

— before the dawn🇧🇧🪬 (@bambi246_44) March 5, 2023

"OK so which penalties has Ocon NOT picked up yet? Maybe he can get the full set and win a prize!

"Out of position on the grid +5s Incorrectly served penalty +10s Pitlane Speeding +5s"

OK so which penalties has Ocon NOT picked up yet? Maybe he can get the full set and win a prize! #F1 #BahrainGP

Out of position on the grid +5s
Incorrectly served penalty +10s
Pitlane Speeding +5s

— Brad Philpot 🏎🏁 (@BradleyPhilpot) March 5, 2023

"Ocon trying to collect all the penalties"

Ocon trying to collect all the penalties 😂 #F1 #BahrainGP

— Stephen O'Brien (@bg_evl) March 5, 2023