Esteban Ocon

Wolff says Ocon ‘growing’ at Alpine

May 14 2021 , 8:16 pm

Esteban Ocon finds himself in the unusual situation of being an Alpine works driver, racing a car powered by a Renault power unit… and yet still having his career guided by Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff. And Wolff, who’s managed Ocon since 2015, said that the French driver’s Alpine ties complicated his prospects of becoming […]

Ocon hopes his F1 future is sorted “very soon”

June 19 2019 , 1:20 pm

Mercedes reserve driver Esteban Ocon hopes his future will be sorted “very, very soon” in his bid to return to a Formula 1 race seat next season. Ocon lost his Racing Point drive following the takeover of the Force India team by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, whose son Lance moved across from Williams […]

Force India go into administration but will race in Hungary

July 28 2018 , 9:49 pm

Team owes money to creditors, including Mercedes and Perez; Sky Sports understands there are five interested bidders for takeover Force India will continue to race at this weekend’s Hungarian GP despite being placed into administration on Friday night. The team have been in financial trouble for many months and went into administration after a hearing […]