Esteban Ocon has signed up with Haas in a new deal to race for the F1 team from 2025 season onward in an all-new line-up.
In an expected news, Ocon has been confirmed to join Haas in a new multi-year deal starting from the 2025 F1 season, in what will be an all-new line-up alongside F2 graduate and Ferrari junior, Oliver Bearman – who was announced couple of weeks ago.
Having raced for Manor and Force India/Racing Point, Ocon joined the Renault family in 2020 and has since raced for Alpine until the Haas switch has come along. He has three podiums and a win against his name thus far – all with the French manufacturer.
Ocon and Bearman are replacing Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg at Haas, with the latter switching to Sauber/Audi and the former yet to firm his future plans after announcing his departure from the American outfit during the Hungaroring weekend.
“I am thrilled to embark on this new chapter in my Formula 1 career and join MoneyGram Haas F1 Team from the start of the 2025 season,” said Ocon. “I’ll be joining a very ambitious racing team, whose spirit, work ethic, and undeniable upward trajectory has really impressed me.
“I’d like to thank Gene Haas and Ayao Komatsu for their trust and support, and for our honest and fruitful discussions these last few months. On a more personal note, I’m very happy to be working with Ayao again, as he’s been a part of my debut when I first stepped into a Formula 1 car during my Lotus Junior days more than ten years ago.
“MoneyGram Haas F1 Team has exciting plans and clear targets for the future, and I’m very much looking forward to working with everyone in Kannapolis, Banbury and Maranello, and being part of this great project.”
From team’s side, Ayao Komatsu stated: “I’m delighted we’ve secured Esteban Ocon’s services for MoneyGram Haas F1 Team. I’ve obviously been aware of his talents for a long time and our personal history dates back to Esteban’s maiden run in a Formula 1 car – I was his race engineer that day with Lotus.
“He displayed his talents back then coming off the back of strong performances in the junior categories – he’d just won the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship. Esteban’s gone on to become an established talent in Formula 1 and of course a grand prix winner. The experience he brings, not just from his own talent base but also from working for a manufacturer team, will be advantageous to us in our growth as an organization.
“It was vital we had a driver with experience in beside Oliver Bearman next year, but Esteban’s only 27 – he’s still young with a lot to prove as well. I think we have a hungry, dynamic driver pairing and I look forward to welcoming Esteban into MoneyGram Haas F1 Team for 2025.”
And Gene Haas added: “It was important to me that we have a driver with a known pedigree in Formula 1, and as a grand prix winner, Esteban undoubtedly fits that brief. Esteban’s proved himself in the teams he’s raced for as someone who’s continually in the mix and scoring points – it’s that continuity we’re keen to capitalize on as we look for increased performance gains on-track. We have a blend of youth and experience in our future driver line-up and I’m excited to see the results.”
Here’s Esteban Ocon getting his race-winning Alpine
Here’s Haas extending deal with Ferrari
Here’s Oliver Bearman opening up on his F1 deal
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