Esteban Ocon will go away Alpine on the finish of the 2024 System 1 season, the workforce have confirmed.
The information comes after Ocon’s controversial collision with Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly on the Monaco Grand Prix, the place workforce principal Bruno Famin warned “there would be consequences”.
Ocon, whose Alpine contract expires on the finish of this season, joined the French outfit in 2020 and received his maiden F1 race with the workforce on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.
The 27-year-old is but to announce if he’ll be part of one other F1 workforce in 2025.
“It’s been a significant period of my life to be racing at this team in Formula 1,” mentioned Ocon.
“Whereas I have been right here for 5 years as a full-time racing driver, my skilled profession began at Enstone again after I was a young person, so it can at all times be a particular place for me.
“We have now had some nice moments collectively, some powerful moments as properly, and I’m definitely grateful to everybody on the workforce for these memorable instances.
“I will announce my plans very soon but, in the meantime, my full focus is on delivering on track for this team and having a successful remainder of the season.”
Ocon is sixteenth within the drivers’ championship forward of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix – reside on Sky Sports activities F1.
His Alpine team-mate Gasly can also be out of contract on the finish of the season, plus eight different drivers on the grid.
Alpine have endured a tough begin to 2024 with a number of technical employees modifications after they discovered themselves on the again within the opening occasions.
Nonetheless, they’ve made up floor in current races and scored a degree in Miami and Monaco.
Famin hopes Ocon can finish his Alpine profession on a excessive because the workforce attempt to climb up the constructors’ championship from their present place of ninth.
“We would like to firstly thank Esteban for his commitment to the team for the past five years,” added Famin.
“During his time, we have celebrated some fantastic moments together, the best of which coming at 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 workforce to push for the perfect on-track outcomes. We want Esteban the easiest for the subsequent chapter of his driving profession when that second comes.”
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Esteban Ocon described his first-ever System 1 win as a particular second for himself and the workforce
Sky Sports activities F1’s reside Canadian GP schedule
Thursday June 6
7.30pm: Drivers’ Press Convention
Friday June 7
6pm: Canadian GP Follow One (session begins at 6.30pm)
8pm: The F1 Present
9.45pm: Canadian GP Follow Two (session begins at 10pm)
Saturday June 8
5.15pm: Canadian GP Follow Three (session begins at 5.30pm)
8pm: Canadian GP Qualifying build-up
9pm: Canadian GP Qualifying
11pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday June 9
5.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday – Canadian GP build-up
7pm: THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
9pm: Chequered Flag – Canadian GP response
10pm: Ted’s Pocket book
System 1 leaves Europe for the ultimate time earlier than the summer time break because the championship strikes on to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. Watch each session on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend reside on Sky Sports activities F1, with Sunday’s race at 7pm. Stream each F1 race and extra with a NOW Sports activities Month Membership – No contract, cancel anytime
