Ocon on his sprint race: 'We knew we weren't going to score any points'

French driver Esteban Ocon knew from moment one that he would not score any points in the sprint race, he told GPblog and others. The Frenchman even finished eighteenth. The driver says it felt more like a practice session for him. The 'real' work will happen for Ocon on Sunday afternoon.

"It felt very much as a practice session. It was good to have some clean data that we can compare from this morning so that we can, as I said, come back stronger and fresh for tomorrow," said the Alpine driver.

Still, Ocon's camp is not so negative at all. "The car was better driving today. We were not going to score points, that was for sure," said the Frenchman. The French formation was able to collect a lot of data for Sunday's race, Ocon says.