{"id":475640,"date":"2026-10-24T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475640\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T18:24:10","slug":"ocon-hampered-by-wheel-lock-ups-in-austin-its-difficult-to-attack-the-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475640\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocon hampered by wheel lock-ups in Austin: &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to attack the corners&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DPPI_00126021_1091-2.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Ocon hampered by wheel lock-ups in Austin: &quot;It's difficult to attack the corners&quot;\"\/><br \/>\n\u00a9 Eric Alonso \/ DPPI                <\/p>\n<p>    While his teammate Oliver Bearman flirted with the Top 10 until entering it in FP2, Esteban Ocon had a more difficult first day in Austin, Texas.                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/stable\/f1\/haas\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"82\" title=\"Haas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On Haas<\/a> &#8216; home turf , the Frenchman would obviously like to achieve a good result at the United States Grand Prix, his final visit to Austin with the American team. The first day of free practice on Friday revealed wheel lock-up issues, mainly at the front, meaning that for the time being, the number 31 car has to drive cautiously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The conditions are good, but it&#8217;s quite bumpy all around the circuit. We&#8217;ve been struggling since the start of Friday; we&#8217;re not in the right group, and it seems like we&#8217;re locking the front wheels in every corner. It&#8217;s very difficult to attack the corners at the moment; I run wide if I try. We&#8217;re missing something.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\">After a series of more positive Grands Prix, thanks in particular to an upgrade introduced by Haas at Monza that has been working well since Madrid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohebdof1.com\/pilot\/f1\/esteban-ocon-2\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"37\" title=\"Esteban Ocon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Esteban Ocon<\/a> seems to fear a return to the vicious cycle experienced just before and after the summer break, with the VF-26 proving highly inconsistent depending on the parts fitted. Following several changes compared to the Singapore car, Ocon&#8217;s loss of feel behind the wheel could indicate that the consistency issue has not yet been resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe changed a few parts compared to Singapore, so we need to understand why we&#8217;re getting this result. 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