Esteban Ocon is LEAVING Alpine - what's next for him?

This morning Alpine & Esteban announced that he would not extend his contract beyond this season - meaning he's on the market for 2025. So, what options are available to him? My name's Tommo, let's talk about it.

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[sonicsnaxx]

That dog is an amazing ventriloquist. I could barely see his lips move. Great analysis Minton.

[bonelesswatermelon]

Ocondolences for Esteban's F1 career.

[AlvarBerglind]

The dream team, magnussen and ocon at Haas, just fit them with external roll cage and it will be fantastic!

[maxmagnus]

Esteban with drivers from other teams is a hard but fair racer

Esteban up against his teammates? An absolute maniac

[Phoenix]

This is the final chance for Esteban
If he can't pull out a huge recovery performance to his team and keep his emotions in check, his F1 career could end this year

[Nick_Kearney]

Honestly I expect Ocon to be looking for a seat in Indy, FE, WEC or IMSA. Not because he deserves to be out of F1, but because I can see other teams not wanting to take the risk of a repeat of his clashes with Checo, Alonso and Gasly.

[alifpr]

I’m a simple man, I see Minton I press like.

[blauekits]

In alternate universe, Ocon could've been the most popular driver on the grid on account of his Life story being the complete opposite of what Stroll's is. Heck the fact both of their careers happened simultaneously is like the plot of Gladiator. Sad nobody cared enough to put him on to that.

[htpr_ice]

I’m both a Williams and a Ocon fan, not even I would like to see that combination happen. Vowles and the team has worked so hard to build up that team spirit, throwing a wild card like Ocon in it would be a risk to say the least.

[karthikpenumetch]

It's a shame because when he's not target missiling his teammates, he's a talented, capable driver. But teams will also look at his track record with teammates and will surely turn away their heads not wanting to deal with that unless he can somehow demonstrate he can play the team game.

[LawVS]

This is his Yuki moment. Hopefully Esteban matures enough to salvage a potential seat for 2025.

[Disturbedmelloow]

The problem is; the many drivers he's reffering to in the incident line is that: Those drivers learned from their mistakes and don't do it anymore. They learned patience, Ocon is still making these incidents.

[CammyTheSportsEntertainer]

I hope he can find a drive somewhere and a decent one at that. He's a very fast and good driver. Definitely not a selfless teammate. Ironically he'd thrive if F1 allowed one car operations. But I think Williams is a shout.

BTW Minton is still a top tier doggo. He should get the Red Bull drive alongside Max. 😁

[drummer]

Danny ric back to alpine could be spicy if his performance improves incrementally this season. He definitely had ocon’s number when they were teammates

[benjicool]

why do we always forget that Ocon is an actual grand prix winner, and also racks up podiums like very few?

[jakericketts]

I get there’s friction in the team. But for me he extracts more from this car than Gasly. Ocon is definitely one of the more underrated drivers on the grid. Deserves a seat next season.

[lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

IndyCar fan here; we'll take him.

[aaronmachado]

As much as I’m an Ocon fan, his pace is great, race management is up there with some of the best as seen by Turkey few years back. But this situation is on him and partly due to Bruno Famin genuinely seeming like a fish out of water in that leadership role not able to manage two equally pace drivers. Even Otmar struggled in that role but Budkowski in 2021 did and will always say Alpine lost a valuable asset when they lost him

[DarthSid]

I know a lot of people think it's going to be Jack Doohan in the Alpine seat, but I actually think it's going to be Theo Pouchaire. French driver who was F2 champion, and better thank Jack in both seasons in F2. He's been benched by Saber, and probably forgotten by Audi...

[flaminG-Ghost]

Imagine a Ocon & Russell lineup, that Merc would be rocket rocketing into other cars.

A true horror experience for Toto :)