_(cropped).jpg) Ocon at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix | |
| Born | Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane[1] 17 September 1996 Évreux, France |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  French |
| 2024 team | Alpine-Renault[2] |
| Car number | 31 |
| Entries | 149 (149 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Career points | 427 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2016 Belgian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 Italian Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 12th (58 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2016 2015 2014 2012–13 2013 2012 | DTM GP3 Series European Formula 3 Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 2014 | GP3 Series European Formula 3 Championship |
| Website | Official website |
Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane[1] (French: [ɛs.te.ban ɔ.kɔ̃]; born 17 September 1996) is a French racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Alpine.
Graduating from karting to junior formulae in 2012, Ocon won his first championship at the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema Racing, ahead of Tom Blomqvist and eventual three-time World Champion Max Verstappen. He then won the 2015 GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix.
A member of the Mercedes Junior Team from 2015 to 2019,[3] Ocon made his Formula One debut at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix with Manor, replacing Rio Haryanto for the remainder of the 2016 season. He moved to Force India—who later became Racing Point—in 2017, partnering Sergio Pérez. Ocon left Racing Point at the end of 2018, and became a reserve driver for Mercedes in 2019. He signed for Renault in 2020, taking his maiden career podium at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. Ocon then partnered Fernando Alonso at the re-branded Alpine team in 2021, taking his maiden race win at the Hungarian Grand Prix. After a podium-less 2022 season, during which he became the first teammate to outscore Alonso in the championship since Jenson Button in 2015, Ocon scored his third podium at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix.
As of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, Ocon has achieved one race win and three podiums in Formula One. Ocon is set to leave Alpine at the end of the 2024 season to join Haas.
- ^ a b Petr Kubala. "Carl, José, Maria, Joseph. Znáte celá jména jezdců formule 1?". F1sport.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Esteban Ocon signs bumper three-year contract extension with Alpine". Formula1.com. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (7 May 2015). "Ocon joins Mercedes' young driver roster". RaceFans. Retrieved 6 September 2024.