Ocon and Alpine part ways at the end of the 2024 F1 season

Formula One’s Anglo-French outfit Alpine have introduced that they are going to part ways with one-time F1 race winner Esteban Ocon at the end of the present season.

Following a tough Monaco Grand Prix, Alpine have introduced that they’ve agreed with Esteban Ocon to part ways at the end of the present season.

It brings a five-year collaboration between the staff and the French driver to a detailed, throughout which, Alpine and Ocon recorded their first Grand Prix victory at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, a landmark second for the model, the staff, and the 27-year-old driver himself.

Ocon recorded two additional podiums throughout his 5 years, reaching second place at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, his first go to to the rostrum in Formula 1, and the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix the place he completed in third place. He achieved a finest end of eighth in the 2022 Drivers’ Championship, contributing to the staff’s fourth place end in the Constructors’ Championship that yr.

The Enstone-based outfit revealed that it’ll announce the 2025 driver line-up in the end.

Speaking of the announcement, Ocon stated: “It’s been a big interval of my life to be racing at this staff in Formula 1. While I’ve been right here for 5 years as a full-time racing driver, my skilled profession began at Enstone again after I was an adolescent, so it is going to all the time be a particular place for me.

“We have had some nice moments collectively, some robust moments as properly, and I’m actually grateful to everybody at the staff for these memorable occasions. I’ll announce my plans very quickly however, in the meantime, my full focus is on delivering on observe for this staff and having a profitable the rest of the season.”

Team Principal Bruno Famin commented: “We want to firstly thank Esteban for his dedication to the staff for the previous 5 years. During his time, now we have celebrated some improbable moments collectively, the finest 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 staff to push for the finest on-track outcomes. We want Esteban the highest for the subsequent chapter of his driving profession when that second comes.”