News Details

Mercedes promotes Ocon, cool on Wehrlein-Manor link

GP3 Series title contender Esteban Ocon will be upgraded to a Mercedes F1 role in 2016, though Toto Wolff insists this is no confirmation that Pascal Wehrlein will race in F1 next year. Ocon, who beat Max Verstappen to the European Formula 3 Championship last year, is currently locked into battle with Luca Ghiotto for the GP3 Series title at Abu Dhabi this weekend, but has already received a 'prize' of an enhanced role with Mercedes after its chose to take up its option on the youngster. Though this announcement, made by Ocon on Twitter, is potentially viewed as a reserve driver role in place of the Pascal Wehrlein – who has been strongly linked with the available Manor seat -, Mercedes...
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes retains Ocon as junior driver

Mercedes has confirmed that it has taken up its option to keep GP3 points...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Wehrlein optimistic of 2016 Manor seat

Mercedes test driver and 2015 DTM champion, Pascal Wehrlein remains...
10y ago from F1Hub.net

Wehrlein targets 2016 F1 seat

Mercedes reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein has told Sky Sports he is still...
10y ago from SkySports.com

Wehrlein open to GP2 if Manor seat falls through

 XPB Images Pascal Wehrlein says he would be willing to race in...
10y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal player ratings: Declan Rice shines despite new...

Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 win at...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Unbelievable' – Arsenal star earns special...

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya has earned big praise for a world class save...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal dealt yet another injury blow right before the...

Arsenal have reportedly been dealt another injury blow, with Riccardo...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Ødegaard’s strike and Rice’s flexibility steer...

ew minutes before half-time in a contest that swung entirely one way and...
11h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

MotoGP: What does Repsol's new agreement mean for MotoGP?

Repsol will return to a major role in the MotoGP... Read More »
3h ago from F1Technical.net

Fernando Alonso vows to 'hit' F1 rival in Monaco

Two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso has vowed to... Read More »
9h ago from GPFans.com

Shock Sauber move for Lewis Hamilton revealed

Sauber F1 founder Peter Sauber has revealed that... Read More »
8h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.