News Details

Ocon, Fong to make F1 practice debuts in Abu Dhabi

European Formula Three champion Esteban Ocon will make his Formula One Grand Prix weekend debut in Abu Dhabi, driving for Lotus in FP1.Eighteen-year-old Ocon impressed the team when he ran a two-year old E20 over two days at Valencia in Spain last month - the test being part of his prize for winning the F3 title, which he clinched with one round to spare, taking nine wins and 21 podiums over the season. The Frenchman also drew praise from Ferrari after testing their 2010 F10 car at Fiorano at the end of October."Esteban is a superb young talent and we are particularly excited to give him this opportunity," Lotus deputy team principal Federico Gastaldi said of Ocon's Yas Marina...
Full Story »
11y ago from Formula1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Fong gets Sauber practice outing

– Former GP3 driver Adderly Fong will make his Formula 1 Practice...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Fong gets Sauber practice outing

Sauber F1 Team Adderly Fong will make his Formula 1 practice debut during...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Ocon set for Lotus FP1 drive in Abu Dhabi

Esteban Ocon Highly rated newly crowned European F3 champion Esteban...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ocon gets Abu Dhabi practice run with Lotus

+ Esteban Ocon will drive for Lotus in opening practice ahead of the Abu...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mileage in Myles in midfield: why MLS must change...

I’ve been banging the drum for Myles Lewis-Skelly to move into midfield...
2h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Should Lewis-Skelly start against Atletico? I'd like...

Thierry Henry said Myles Lewis-Skelly's future lies in midfield after his...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Have Arsenal found the keys to unleash Gyokeres at the...

Viktor Gyökeres has divided opinion since arriving, but one thing is...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

“It’s a horrible one” - Gary Neville names...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has named the one fixture in which...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.