Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane is a French racing driver. He made his Formula One debut for Manor Racing in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. In November 2016, Force India announced that they had signed Ocon as part of his multi-year contract with Mercedes, with Sergio Pérez as his new teammate.
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Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane is a French racing driver. He made his Formula One debut for Manor Racing in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, replacing Rio Haryanto. Ocon was a part of the Mercedes-Benz driver development programme until his move to Renault. In November 2016, Force India announced that they had signed Ocon as part of his multi-year contract with Mercedes, with Sergio Pérez as his new teammate. He stood at 8th in the drivers’ championship following the Austrian Grand Prix following a controversial collision with teammate Pérez. He is of Algerian and Spanish descent as his paternal family is originally from Málaga. He won the French Cadet Championship in 2008 and the French KF3 title in 2011. In 2012, Ocon made his debut in single-seaters, taking part in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2. 0 with Koiranen Motorsport. He finished fourteenth with four point-scoring finishes, including being on the podium at his home round at Le Castellet.
In 2014 he expanded his collaboration with Prema into the FIA European Formula Three Championship. He was on top of the standings since the first round at Silverstone and won the championship with a round to spare. In February 2016, it was announced that Ocon would act as reserve driver for the Renault Sport F1 team for the 2016 season. In May 2015, he was called up by Force India to drive at the post-race test in Barcelona, after Pascal Wehrlein was forced to withdraw due to illness. In October 2014, he made his Grand Prix weekend debut for Lotus during the first practice session at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On 10 August 2016, he scored his first Formula One point in his first race for Force India in Australia. He followed up with 9th place in Hungary, following up with a 7th place at the Russian GP.
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