Formulation One’s Anglo-French outfit Alpine have introduced that they are going to half methods with one-time F1 race winner Esteban Ocon on the finish of the present season.
Following a tough Monaco Grand Prix, Alpine have introduced that they’ve agreed with Esteban Ocon to half methods on the finish of the present season.
It brings a five-year collaboration between the crew and the French driver to an in depth, throughout which, Alpine and Ocon recorded their first Grand Prix victory on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, a landmark second for the model, the crew, and the 27-year-old driver himself.
Ocon recorded two additional podiums throughout his 5 years, attaining second place on the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, his first go to to the podium in Formulation 1, and the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix the place he completed in third place. He achieved a greatest end of eighth within the 2022 Drivers’ Championship, contributing to the crew’s fourth place end within the Constructors’ Championship that 12 months.
The Enstone-based outfit revealed that it’s going to announce the 2025 driver line-up sooner or later.
Talking of the announcement, Ocon mentioned: “It’s been a major interval of my life to be racing at this crew in Formulation 1. Whereas I’ve been right here for 5 years as a full-time racing driver, my skilled profession began at Enstone again once I was an adolescent, so it’ll all the time be a particular place for me.
“We’ve had some nice moments collectively, some powerful moments as effectively, and I’m actually grateful to everybody on the crew for these memorable instances. I’ll announce my plans very quickly however, within the meantime, my full focus is on delivering on observe for this crew and having a profitable the rest of the season.”
Crew Principal Bruno Famin commented: “We wish to firstly thank Esteban for his dedication to the crew for the previous 5 years. Throughout his time, now we have celebrated some improbable moments collectively, the perfect of which coming on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with a memorable race win.
“We nonetheless have 16 races to finish in 2024 along with a transparent goal: to proceed to work tirelessly as a crew to push for the perfect on-track outcomes. We want Esteban the perfect for the subsequent chapter of his driving profession when that second comes.”
Nonetheless a lot to push for this season
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— BWT Alpine F1 Crew (@AlpineF1Team) June 3, 2024
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