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Ocon to miss Miami GP qualifying due to cracked F1 car chassis

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Alpine A522 car through Turn 13 midway through FP3, causing him to crash into the wall on the right-hand side of the track. The severity of the impact left Ocon's car with significant damage, and warranted a visit for the Frenchman to the medical centre where staff duly checked and cleared him.

It left Alpine in a race against time to get Ocon's car repaired in time for qualifying, but the team has now confirmed it found a crack in the chassis, meaning he will take no part in the session. "We can confirm that sadly Esteban won't be taking part in qualifying this afternoon," Alpine said in a short statement. "His chassis was cracked in the impact with the barrier and cannot be changed in time.

Esteban is physically fine and will race tomorrow. "Ocon will race tomorrow with the spare Alpine chassis, which will need to complete the scrutineering declaration again.

The news comes as a setback for Alpine which had been hoping to recover from its first race weekend of the year without points at Imola two weeks ago.

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