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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has confirmed that he stays beneath Mercedes administration as the Silver Arrows seek for Lewis Hamilton’s substitute.
Ocon made his Formula 1 debut as a Mercedes junior again in 2016 and has beforehand stuffed in as a reserve driver as nicely. However, he has by no means been known as as much as most important group but he insists he’s nonetheless beneath their banner so the “links” stay.
“It’s clear that we have links with Mercedes,” Ocon mentioned. “I’m managed by Mercedes for a very long time now, since 2015.
“I’m a junior, even when I’m not that junior anymore. But yeah, we’ll see what the longer term holds.
“As I mentioned, at the second, I’m fully devoted to Alpine, what I’ve to do with the group and the plan that we’ve forward as nicely.
“And that’s the entire focus I must have, as a result of this stuff are very disruptive focus-wise and that’s why I’ve a really aggressive administration group that’s in a position to take the proper selections on the place we’ve to be, so I’m not fearful and my focus is on the monitor.”
