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December 6, 2021

‘I’m going to cry’: F1 star Esteban Ocon shattered by 5m gap Esteban Ocon was so close. Photo: Kayo.

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Driver Esteban Ocon appeared a broken man after his dream was snatched in the final 0.1 seconds of his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Esteban Ocon cast a shattered figure in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix pits after he was edged off the podium in the final 0.1 seconds of his race.

The Alpine Racing driver was cruelly close to just the second podium of his Formula 1 career when Valtteri Bottas caught him on the final straight to give Mercedes two drivers on the podium in a race that had everything.

Replays showed how agonisingly close it was for Ocon.

His team radio call echoed that anguish.

He appeared to blame himself for his slow exit from the final turn.

“No, for f*** sake,” he said to his team after watching Bottas sneak by.

“Joke, f***. There was straight-line speed at the end there. For f*** sake, missed by not much.

“Yeah sorry guys, sorry for that.”

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Anger had turned to sorrow by the time he arrived for his media commitments.

When speaking with Sky Sports reporter Natalie Pinkham, Ocon started the interview by saying: “Don’t push me, I’m going to cry. Don’t push me, I’m going to cry, Natalie,” he said with a distraught grin.

“We gave it everything we could today. We took all the right choices, the car was spot on. It was mega to drive.

“We held that third place for a very long time until 5m before the end. 5m is probably what cost us the podium. It’s hard to swallow. The competitor in me is frustrated and very sad. But if you told me (at the start of the day) we would have finished fourth, I would have been happy.”

The official timesheets confirmed he was just 0.1 second behind Bottas as they crossed the line.

Bottas’ run has given Mercedes a 28 point lead in the constructor’s championship heading into the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning (AEDT).

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