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Ocon can handle F1 pressure says Mercedes driver boss
Gwen Lagrue, head of Mercedes' driver development programme, believes that Esteban Ocon is ready for the step-up from DTM to Formula 1. The 19-year-old Frenchman is set to make his F1 debut this weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix at the daunting Spa-Francorchamps, after Manor driver Rio Haryanto's funding dried up. Ocon is stepping up from being Renault's reserve driver, and is under consideration for a full race seat for 2017, but he is actually signed up to Mercedes' driver development programme. He beat Max Verstappen to the European F3 crown in 2014, and is the reigning GP3 champion. 'We were able to verify in the lower categories that Esteban always responds in the most intense...
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