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The US-based Haas team have signed Alpine driver Esteban Ocon on a multi-year contract for the 2025 Formula 1 season.<\/b><\/p>\n
Ocon, 27, made his debut in F1 in 2016 and picked up his first and only race win at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Last week Haas announced their decision to drop Kevin Magnussen<\/a> for next season, meaning they will have an all-new line-up next year as the Frenchman joins Briton Oliver Bearman in their team.<\/a><\/p>\n “I am thrilled to embark on this new chapter in my Formula 1 career and join Haas from the start of the 2025 season,” Ocon said.<\/p>\n “I’ll be joining a very ambitious racing team, whose spirit, work ethic and undeniable upward trajectory has really impressed me.”<\/p>\n In 2022, he finished eighth in his best finish in the World Drivers’ Championship.<\/p>\n But Ocon, who has had three podiums in his F1 career, has struggled this season and sits 18th in the championship.<\/p>\n Haas principal Ayao Komatsu will link up with the Frenchman again after being involved as race engineer for Lotus – which is now Alpine – during Ocon’s maiden run in an F1 car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n