Ocon axed from Mexico GP after tense radio exchange with LAURA MULLER

November 1, 2026

• LAURA MULLER, Ocon’s race engineer at Haas, was at the center of a heated radio exchange during FP2 at Mexico City, sparking a chain of events that led to Ocon’s removal for the full weekend.
• The FP2 radio dispute between Ocon and MULLER was followed by a tense meeting with team principal Ayao Komatsu, the details of which remain undisclosed but proved explosive enough to bench a race driver.
• Ocon denied all allegations of physical violence, issuing a formal statement calling for professionalism — but the role of the breakdown in driver-engineer communication remains a focal point.
• Reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa inherited Ocon’s VF-26 from Saturday practice onward, with Ocon potentially absent for the season’s remaining four rounds given Haas already dropped him for 2027.

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