Drivers
Esteban Ocon
- Team Haas
- Date of birth 17/09/1996
- Place of birth Evreux, France
- Debut Belgium, 2016 (Manor)
The Frenchman may be nothing more than a dependable midfielder capable of occasional front-running feats, but maximising who you are is a better option than searching for what you’re not, and a pathway to a career that will surpass 200 starts this season.
Somewhat forgotten in teammate Ollie Bearman’s late-season surge was that Ocon was the leading Haas driver for the first 19 rounds, the high point a fifth place in China after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were disqualified.
While the points dried up late – he managed just five from Hungary to Qatar – Ocon signed off with seventh in Abu Dhabi, keeping Haas ahead of Sauber in the standings with precisely the type of result you employ him for.
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