Ocon out of the cockpit: Alpine pulls the ripcord before the final!

Ocon out of the cockpit: Alpine pulls the ripcord before the final!

In a surprising turn in Formula 1, the Alpine team decided to dismiss Esteban Ocon from his cockpit prematurely. This news was announced on Monday after the disappointing race in Qatar, in which Ocon felt left behind by the competition and ultimately left the race. As Berlin Live , the 21-year-old Jack Doohan, until now, will be made his debut at the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi on December 8. The pressure on Ocon, which has been behind his team -mate Pierre Gasly for months, was enormous, and the decision to dismiss it seems to have been the logical consequence of his disappointing performance.

The change is not only for Ocon, who is already preparing for the next season with Haas, a bitter setback, but also for the team that has to separate from a driver who has been on the road for Renault since 2020. Ocon, who was considered an emerging talent of Formula 1, had celebrated his only career victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2021. But his achievements this season were rather slow, such as NewsDay , which finally dwelled him in 14th place in the driver's ranking. The situation escalated with his crash in Qatar, who forced the team to decide to prefer the driver change.

a fresh start for Ocon and Doohan