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Ocon feeling the pressure ahead of 2017 season
After being chosen ahead of Pascal Wehrlein for the vacant Force India seat, Esteban Ocon admits that the pressure will be on him to perform. Wehrlein and Ocon were the two favourites for Nico Hulkenberg’s seat after they both tested with the Silverstone-based outfit back in 2015 in Austria. Eventually, the young German was overlooked and Ocon was given the drive after impressing Force India during testing. However, the Frenchman does feel that there will be pressure on him to produce results given the situation in which he gained the seat. 'The test helped massively, massively,' the Frenchman told F1i.com exclusively. 'I think if I didn’t do this test they wouldn’t even...
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