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Mercedes could release Ocon if 2020 opportunity emerges

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the German manufacturer won't close the door if a potential opportunity to return to F1 emerges for reserve driver Esteban Ocon. Ocon was elbowed out of Racing Point at the end of 2018 to make way for Lance Stroll, leaving the Frenchman on the sidelines this season. The 22-year-old has nevertheless kept himself busy conducting simulator work for Mercedes and acting as the Silver Arrows outfit's official reserve driver. Ocon ambitions to return to the fray next season, possibly with Mercedes, although the prospect of Valtteri Bottas departing the team currently appears remote. Depending on how Formula 1's usual game of musical chairs develops over the second...
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