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Ocon knowledgeable of Abu Dhabi F1 exit plan simply hours earlier than Qatar GP
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Ocon knowledgeable of Abu Dhabi F1 exit plan simply hours earlier than Qatar GP

By Miles Cooper December 4, 2024
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Esteban Ocon discovered that Alpine wished him to step down for the ultimate race of the Components 1 season simply hours earlier than the Qatar Grand Prix, Motorsport.com has discovered.

Ocon’s spell with the French automobile producer has come to an early finish, as he is not going to participate on this weekend’s Abu Dhabi race with the squad handing Jack Doohan his debut as a substitute.

Taking to social media on Tuesday, Ocon admitted that “this isn’t how I wished issues to finish” as he revealed the particular farewell helmet that he had been hoping to make use of for his final look.

However the unusual method his exit from the crew was organized has now emerged, with sources revealing that he had been summoned to Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore’s workplace simply hours earlier than the beginning of the race in Qatar final weekend.

There, it’s recommended, he was knowledgeable that if he didn’t settle for to finish his contract with the crew early then he wouldn’t be launched to check along with his future Haas crew on the Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi GP.

Whereas Haas boss Ayao Komatsu had revealed that an settlement had been reached with Alpine for Ocon to be accessible for the Tuesday run, an official log out from the Enstone operation had not been forthcoming up till this level.

It’s understood that this prospect of not being launched to affix Haas for the take a look at was used as leverage for Alpine to maneuver Ocon apart, one thing which he clearly wanted to simply accept if he wished to not compromise his future.

Ocon knowledgeable of Abu Dhabi F1 exit plan simply hours earlier than Qatar GP

Flavio Briatore, Govt Advisor, Alpine F1, arrives on the observe

Photograph by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Pictures

Alpine itself didn’t deny the suggestion that a part of the deal between the crew and Mercedes, which nonetheless has contractual ties to Ocon, concerned the aspect of the Abu Dhabi take a look at.

This was additionally confirmed by Mercedes crew principal Toto Wolff, who stated on Sunday evening in Qatar: “There is a contractual relationship that Esteban, and we’ve with Alpine, on driver providers and that contract expires on the finish of the yr. That is the premise.

“Then, for those who agree that for the good thing about the longer term, there’s a greater answer that enables Esteban to prepare early and is best for us, and if that depends upon driving or not in Abu Dhabi, I believe that is one thing we mentioned.”

Requested if Ocon would have been blocked from collaborating within the take a look at if he had refused to step down for the Abu Dhabi race, Alpine crew principal Oliver Oakes stated: “I assume Flav and Toto have been discussing that, have not they? I have been busy racing. It isn’t my choice to make.” 

The transfer to advertise Doohan early comes amid hypothesis within the paddock about Briatore’s curiosity in Williams driver Franco Colapinto, who might be a contender for a task at Alpine with curiosity in him from Purple Bull cooling down.

The Abu Dhabi race will permit the squad to evaluate Doohan’s tempo in opposition to Gasly early, one thing which the crew has already been doing.

It’s understood that the Australian was additionally put to the take a look at just a few weeks in the past when the crew flew Gasly to Qatar for a personal run in considered one of its earlier automobiles to set a benchmark time for Doohan, with paddock sources suggesting that the teen achieved.

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