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Manor Racing director Dave Ryan has admitted that the team must do a better job for new driver Esteban Ocon going forward.
The 20-year-old has has three difficult races since joining the team in August, with brake duct failure holding him back in Spa, electrical issues hampering his progress in Italy, and a penalty team errors costing him last weekend in Singapore.
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The Frenchman was slapped with a five second penalty for Passing Felipe Nasr behind the safety car, before he suffered two long pit stops.
Now Ryan believes Ocon's look will change and the team must work hard to rectify the issues.
"Esteban is due a good turn," he said. "We didn't have a good race in Monza with him, and then we let him down again in Singapore with our pit stops, which was just disappointing because his last stint, with his pace on the tires, was really good.
"Quite clearly we're not – I'm not – doing a good enough job in terms of making sure all our procedures and things are in place. So we need to look at that, we've all got to accept responsibility and just work on it," he added. "It's not through lack of effort. The guys are doing plenty of practice, we're working on it, but we're not there. Everyone has to assume and responsibility. You can't just sit there and say I told them. That's not how it works."
"We're a team and we work together. That's what everyone else does, we're no different, and we have to do the same thing."
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