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Ocon's Williams chances are ‘pretty grim'

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has suggested Esteban Ocon will not be driving for Williams next year and will instead have a development role. Ocon is being booted out by Force India at the end of the season to allow Lance Stroll to join his father's team alongside Sergio Perez. Ocon, meanwhile, has seen opportunities to join either McLaren or Renault slip away and leave Williams as the only realistic prospect. There were some suggestions from the media that Mercedes may be thinking about buying out Valtteri Bottas' contract and putting Ocon in alongside Lewis Hamilton as early as next season. But it now appears a third driver/reserve role with the Silver Arrows is on the cards for Ocon before...
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