Ocon in a sentence

He said Ocon "would deserve to be in a Mercedes in the same way Valtteri does" and added that if Bottas were to be re-signed it may result in Ocon leaving on a two-year deal with another team.

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon will start from the pit lane in the sprint as changes have been made to his suspension setup with the cars in park firm.

By then, seven drivers had taken penalties - including Sainz, Ocon, Gasly and Albon - with Tsunoda adding a further 10-second hit for track limits a second time and Hamilton's frustrated fuming prompted a radio rebuke from team boss Toto Wolff.

Following Alonso and Ocon's penalties in previous races, the grid boxes have been widened by 20cm pic.

Further down the order, the Alpine duo of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon battle for fifth place before the latter emerges ahead of his team-mate.

He made contact with Esteban Ocon at Ste Devote while Fernando Alonso held up any potential late charge.

Perez leads from Leclerc, followed by Verstappen, Piastri, Ocon, Gasly, Albon, Stroll, Russell, and Sainz.

The current top five are Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris, Ocon, and Russell.

While he eventually finished eighth, he was just 0.009 seconds behind Ocon for seventh, turning what looked like a disaster for the team into a photo finish for even more.

Esteban Ocon, who currently races for Alpine, is a massive comic book fan and, ahead of this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix, he's taken to social media to share a first look at a special Captain America-themed helmet he'll wear during the race.

Ocon, 27, is the only driver to win a race for Alpine since it rebranded from Renault at the end of 2020 but has picked up just three points this season and had already announced he was leaving the French-owned team.

Ocon and Gasly nearly come to blows again but the latter gets the move down on the outside of turn four for eighth place.

Ocon had placed last in qualifying.

The Frenchman attacked Gasly on the first lap, leading to contact which sent Ocon's car flying and ultimately ended his race.

Then, two Alpines tangled near the tunnel with Esteban Ocon’s front nose sending teammate Pierre Gasly’s car up in the air.

Verstappen finished 19 seconds ahead of Ocon in the end.

When racing resumed with Ocon leading, another safety car period was triggered and the restart on lap 43 was crucial.

A matter of laps later, Ricciardo’s Renault teammate Esteban Ocon and Albon needed to retire as well.

But, it's great for the team to have both cars inside the top ten," Ricciardo said, with teammate Esteban Ocon qualifying in fifth place.

He was identified as Mariano Ocon Jr., 31, of Melrose Park.