Haas F1’s driver lineup is about for 2025.
The group introduced Thursday that Esteban Ocon would drive alongside Ollie Bearman subsequent season. Ocon’s arrival isn’t a lot of a shock. He’s been rumored for the opposite Haas seat in latest weeks after it was introduced earlier this season that he wouldn’t be returning to Alpine.
Very proud to announce I can be becoming a member of @HaasF1Team in 2025 on a multi-year deal.
I’m thrilled to embark on this new chapter in my F1 profession and be a part of an bold racing group whose spirit, work ethic, and simple upward trajectory has actually impressed me. I’d wish to thank… pic.twitter.com/8ZrYV6Jdz1
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban) July 25, 2024
Ocon is the primary Grand Prix winner to ever drive for Haas because the group entered F1 in 2016. Ocon received the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix after beginning eighth when a first-lap crash took out 4 drivers who began forward of him.
The previous Mercedes reserve driver has made 146 profession F1 begins coming into the Belgian Grand Prix with three podium finishes and a median end of eleventh. Ocon completed second in Bahrain in 2020 and was third a season in the past at Monaco.
The 2024 season has been a multitude at Alpine, nonetheless. Ocon has scored simply three factors and is 18th within the standings. He’s solely forward of three full-time drivers.
His teammate Pierre Gasly, in the meantime, is fifteenth and has scored six factors. Alpine is eighth within the constructor’s standings and sits 18 factors again of Haas.
Nico Hulkenberg has scored 22 of Haas’ 27 factors this season earlier than he strikes to Sauber in 2025. Sauber hasn’t scored a single level this season however is working towards the 2026 season when it turns into an Audi manufacturing facility group. The group’s different driver, Kevin Magnussen, has scored two extra factors than Ocon this 12 months.
