Esteban Ocon

**Esteban Ocon**
Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	31
First start:	2016 Belgian Grand Prix
Constructors
	2016 Manor • 2017–2018 Force India • 2020 Renault
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup eighth ( 2017 )
World Cup points :	162
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-
	Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2016
Last race:	Zandvoort 2016
Teams (manufacturers)
	2016 ART ( Mercedes )
statistics
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	2

Esteban Ocon (born September 17, 1996 in Évreux ) is a French racing driver . He won the European Formula 3 championship in 2014 and the GP3 series in 2015 . He drove in Formula 1 from 2016 to 2018 , where he will compete for Renault from 2020 .

Career

Ocon began his motorsport career in 2006 in kart racing , in which he remained active until 2011. Among other things, he was French KF3 champion in 2011 and second in the KF3-WSK Euro Series . In 2012 he entered formula racing . He was also accepted into the Genii / Lotus funding program. For Koiranen Motorsport he took part in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . Third place was his best result. While his team mate Daniil Kwjat was runner-up, Ocon reached 14th place overall. He also took part in some Alpine Formula Renault races for Koiranen . With two third places he finished seventh in the drivers' standings. In 2013 Ocon switched to the ART Junior Team within the Formula Renault championships . With two wins and three second places, he was on the podium five times in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. He improved to third place in the overall standings. In addition, he again took part in some Alpine Formula Renault races. There he was with a win on the twelfth championship course. Ocon also made his Formula 3 debut in 2013 . He initially took part as a guest starter in a race in the MSV F3 Cup , a British amateur Formula 3 championship. He then received a cockpit for the Macau Grand Prix with the Prema Powerteam .

In 2014 Ocon switched to the European Formula 3 championship . He started for the Prema Powerteam. At the first race weekend at Silverstone , he was on the podium in each of the three races and scored one victory. He won other races in Hockenheim , Pau , Mogyoród , Wolokolamsk and Imola . In Wolokolamsk, he decided every race for himself. Ocon won the championship title early on the penultimate race weekend. With 478 points he was at the end of the season ahead of Tom Blomqvist , who had scored 420 points. As a reward for winning the Formula 3 title, Ocon was given the opportunity to test two-year-old Formula 1 cars from Lotus and Ferrari . He convinced both teams. Ocon then made his Formula 1 weekend debut for Lotus in free practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . In 2014 Ocon also took part in four Formula Renault 3.5 races for Comtec Racing .

Ocon originally planned to switch to the GP2 series for 2015 , but this did not materialize. Instead, Ocon competed in the 2015 ART Grand Prix in the GP3 series . Already in the first race in Barcelona he achieved the only victory. From the 6th to the 14th race, Ocon achieved nine second places in a row. Ocon was only four times not on the podium and won the championship with 253 to 245 points ahead of Luca Ghiotto . He was also active as a test and replacement driver for Mercedes in the DTM and as a test driver for Force India in Formula 1. At the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , he was introduced as a new member of the Mercedes sponsorship program.

Ocon at the Manor during qualifying for the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

In 2016 Ocon stayed at ART Grand Prix and switched to the DTM as a regular driver. There he succeeded Lucas Auer , who had received a cockpit at HWA . At the first race at Zandvoort he scored points in the DTM for the first time in ninth place. He then left the DTM and handed over his cockpit to Felix Rosenqvist . In the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship , Ocon then competed. After taking part in free training sessions as a Renault test driver and doing test drives for Mercedes , he was given a Formula 1 racing cockpit at Manor from the Belgian Grand Prix . He replaced Rio Haryanto there and became a teammate of Pascal Wehrlein , who, like Ocon, was promoted by Mercedes. Ocon chose the number 31 as his permanent Formula 1 starting number. Twelfth place in Brazil was his best result.

For the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship , Ocon moved to Force India and became Sergio Pérez's team-mate . At the season opener in Australia , he scored his first point in tenth. At the end of the season he finished eighth overall. In 2018 , Ocon stayed with Force India. During the summer break, Racing Point took over the starting position and the Force India team. In the first race for the newly formed team in Belgium , Ocon finished sixth. At the end of the season he was twelfth in the drivers' world championship.

For the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship , Ocon switched to Renault , where he became Daniel Ricciardo's teammate and replaced Nico Hülkenberg . After the seventh race, he is currently in tenth place with 26 points in the drivers' standings.

statistics

Career stations

2006–2011: karting
2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (14th place)
2012: Alpine Formula Renault (7th place)
2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (3rd place)
2013: Alpine Formula Renault (12th place)
2014 : European Formula 3 (champions)

2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (23rd place)
2014 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2015 : GP3 series (champions)
2015 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2016 : DTM (26th place)
2016 : Formula 1 (23rd place)

2017 : Formula 1 (8th place)
2018 : Formula 1 (12th place)
2019 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	United Kingdom SIL			Germany HO1			France PAU			Hungary HUN			Belgium SPA			Germany NOR			Russia MOS			Austria SPI			Germany ONLY			Italy IMO			Germany HO2			478	1.
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	2	1	3	9	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	DNF	2	2	2	14th	2	1	1	1	13	DNF	13	6th	3	DNF	1	4th	3	7th	4th	7th	478	1.

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2014	Comtec Racing	Italy MNZ		Spain ALC		Monaco MON	Belgium SPA		Russia MOS		Germany ONLY		Hungary HUN		France LEC		Spain JRZ		2	23.
2014	Comtec Racing												9	DNS	14th	12			2	23.

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2015	ART Grand Prix	Spain ESP		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		Russia RUS		Bahrain BRN		United Arab Emirates UAE		253	1.
2015	ART Grand Prix	1	7th	3	DSQ	6th	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4th	3	253	1.

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2016	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault RS16	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.
2016	Manor Racing	Manor MRT05	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	9	-	-	-	-	-	0	24.
2017	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM10	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	20th	-	-	-	-	-	87	8th.
2018	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM11	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	12	-	-	-	-	-	29	12.
2018	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM11	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	9	-	-	-	-	-	20th	12.
2020	Renault F1 Team	Renault RS20	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	26th	10.
total				56	-	-	-	-	-	162

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
2016
2016					PO					PO	PO	PO	16	18th	18th	16	21st	18th	21st	12	13
2017
2017	10	10	10	7th	5	12	6th	6th	8th	8th	9	9	6th	10	10	6th	6th	5	DNF	8th
2018
2018	12	10	11	DNF	DNF	6th	9	DNF	6th	7th	8th	13	6th	6th	DNF	9	9	DSQ	11	14th	DNF
2020
2020	8th	DNF	14th	6th	8th	13	5

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes	Germany HO1		Austria SPI		Germany LAU		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		Russia MOS		Germany ONLY		Hungary HUN		Germany HO2		2	26th
2016	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes	DNF	DNF	20th	18th	23	15th	DNF	13	9	17th									2	26th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Esteban Ocon - collection of images, videos and audio files

Career statistics of Esteban Ocon (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Jonas Fehling: Formula 1: Esteban Ocon will be Mercedes substitute driver in 2019 . In: Motorsport-Magazin.com . November 23, 2018 ( motorsport-magazin.com [accessed December 1, 2018]).
^ ^A ^b Ant Musker: "Lotus's one to watch: Esteban Ocon". In: paddockscout.com. October 4, 2013, accessed January 31, 2014 .
^ Peter Allen: "Ocon gets Macau F3 chance with Prema". In: paddockscout.com. October 15, 2013, accessed January 31, 2014 .
↑ Marcus Simmons: “Lotus Formula 1 protege Esteban Ocon seals Prema Formula 3 seat”. In: autosport.com. January 8, 2014, accessed January 31, 2014 .
↑ Maria Reyer: "Gastaldi: 'Ocon has impressed us all'". In: Motorsport-Total.com. October 25, 2014, accessed November 11, 2014 .
^ "Formula 1 - Successful Ferrari test for Ocon". In: Motorsport-Magazin.com. October 30, 2014, accessed November 11, 2014 .
^ Peter Allen: Esteban Ocon to race in GP3 for ART Grand Prix. In: paddockscout.com. March 11, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
↑ Stefan Ziegler: Esteban Ocon becomes DTM test driver at Mercedes. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 7, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016 .
^ Christian Nimmervoll, Dominik Sharaf: Esteban Ocon: Force India Test not arranged by Mercedes. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 14, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016 .
↑ Young talents give full throttle in 2016. (No longer available online.) Mercedes AMG F1 Team , February 12, 2016, archived from the original on February 20, 2016 ; Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
↑ Dominik Sharaf, Heiko Stritzke: Ocon joins Mercedes: What will become of Wehrlein? In: Motorsport-Total.com. February 11, 2016, accessed February 20, 2016 .
↑ Dominik Sharaf: Renault's second guard: PR blonde and Mercedes test pilot. In: Motorsport-Total.com. February 3, 2016, accessed February 20, 2016 .
↑ Norman Fischer: Rio Haryanto loses Manor cockpit to Esteban Ocon. In: Motorsport-Total.com. August 10, 2016, accessed August 10, 2016 .
↑ Sven Haidinger: Force India 2017: Esteban Ocon has signed. In: Motorsport-Total.com. November 10, 2016, accessed November 10, 2016 .
↑ Esteban Ocon will be the new driver of the Renault F1 Team from 2020. Renault Deutschland AG, August 29, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ocon, Esteban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	17th September 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH	Evreux , France

[1] Jonas Fehling: Formula 1: Esteban Ocon will be Mercedes substitute driver in 2019 . In: Motorsport-Magazin.com . November 23, 2018 ( motorsport-magazin.com [accessed December 1, 2018]).

[PS-2] A ^b Ant Musker: "Lotus's one to watch: Esteban Ocon". In: paddockscout.com. October 4, 2013, accessed January 31, 2014 .

[3] Peter Allen: "Ocon gets Macau F3 chance with Prema". In: paddockscout.com. October 15, 2013, accessed January 31, 2014 .

[4] Marcus Simmons: “Lotus Formula 1 protege Esteban Ocon seals Prema Formula 3 seat”. In: autosport.com. January 8, 2014, accessed January 31, 2014 .

[5] Maria Reyer: "Gastaldi: 'Ocon has impressed us all'". In: Motorsport-Total.com. October 25, 2014, accessed November 11, 2014 .

[6] "Formula 1 - Successful Ferrari test for Ocon". In: Motorsport-Magazin.com. October 30, 2014, accessed November 11, 2014 .

[7] Peter Allen: Esteban Ocon to race in GP3 for ART Grand Prix. In: paddockscout.com. March 11, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .

[8] Stefan Ziegler: Esteban Ocon becomes DTM test driver at Mercedes. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 7, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016 .

[9] Christian Nimmervoll, Dominik Sharaf: Esteban Ocon: Force India Test not arranged by Mercedes. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 14, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016 .

[10] Young talents give full throttle in 2016. (No longer available online.) Mercedes AMG F1 Team , February 12, 2016, archived from the original on February 20, 2016 ; Retrieved February 20, 2016 .

[11] Dominik Sharaf, Heiko Stritzke: Ocon joins Mercedes: What will become of Wehrlein? In: Motorsport-Total.com. February 11, 2016, accessed February 20, 2016 .

[12] Dominik Sharaf: Renault's second guard: PR blonde and Mercedes test pilot. In: Motorsport-Total.com. February 3, 2016, accessed February 20, 2016 .

[13] Norman Fischer: Rio Haryanto loses Manor cockpit to Esteban Ocon. In: Motorsport-Total.com. August 10, 2016, accessed August 10, 2016 .

[14] Sven Haidinger: Force India 2017: Esteban Ocon has signed. In: Motorsport-Total.com. November 10, 2016, accessed November 10, 2016 .

[15] Esteban Ocon will be the new driver of the Renault F1 Team from 2020. Renault Deutschland AG, August 29, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .