Fundamental car issue triggered “terrible qualifying”

The Frenchman was also mystified as to why he was only 17th in FP3 before securing 12th in qualifying.

He will actually start 10th, as Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen both have grid penalties.

Ocon’s teammate Fernando Alonso demonstrated the potential of the car by securing seventh on the grid.

“It’s clearly a disappointing qualifying,” Ocon said when asked by Autosport about his session.

“A terrible qualifying, I have to say. Not where we were supposed to end up, I think…