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Mercedes 'wouldn't block Ocon switch to Renault'

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that he won't block a move to Renault for Esteban Ocon. The young Frenchman has been a Silver Arrows protégé for some time. The marque's backing helped him make his Formula 1 bow for the Mercedes-powered Manor team in 2016. He then moved to Force India in 2017, another team on the F1 grid using Mercedes power units. However the 21-year-old has now been linked to a switch to the Renault factory team for 2019. That would take Ocon full circle to his pre-Mercedes days when he was affiliated with the French manufacturer by virtue of being signed up to its Gravity Sport Management sister company. “We have picked Esteban up when Gravity fell apart," Wolff...
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