Esteban Ocon is combating to avoid wasting his Method 1 profession after the Haas workforce introduced they’d break up with the Frenchman on the finish of the yr.
Ocon, who won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix for Alpine, joined Haas in 2025. He has been in F1 since 2016 and has additionally pushed for the Manor and Drive India groups.
There aren’t any apparent berths for Ocon on the grid in 2027 however he insisted: “That is completely not the tip of my Method 1 profession.”
The 30-year-old added in an announcement on social media: “I go away this venture with my head held excessive and happy with my performances in what weren’t all the time the simplest of circumstances for numerous causes and components exterior of my management.
“My quick focus is the following race weekend. I’ll proceed to work exhausting with the workforce, maximise each alternative, and hold extracting each little bit of efficiency from the automobile.
“There are nonetheless many races to go this season and, as all the time, I’ll give it my all the things behind the wheel for myself and for my workforce.
“I’m nonetheless motivated. I’m nonetheless hungry.”
Ocon has been outperformed by team-mate Oliver Bearman since becoming a member of forces with Haas final yr.
This yr, the Briton is thirteenth within the championship, three locations and 13 factors forward of Ocon. Bearman has out-qualified Ocon 13-6 at a median benefit of 0.144 seconds.
Final yr, Bearman completed thirteenth and Ocon fifteenth, separated by simply three factors, and in qualifying it was 18-7 at 0.175secs
Haas workforce principal Ayao Kumatso stated: “Esteban’s professionalism and dedication have proved helpful as we proceed to develop as an organisation.
“Collectively this yr we tackled the problem of a significant regulation change, the place Esteban’s driving expertise and inputs had been important as we have labored exhausting to develop the VF-26 throughout the season.”
