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Toto Wolff in Bahrain

Mercedes to help F1 star after SHOCK exit

Toto Wolff in Bahrain — Photo: © IMAGO

Mercedes to help F1 star after SHOCK exit

Mercedes will aid a driver looking for a F1 seat in 2025

Mercedes will work with Esteban Ocon to keep the French driver on the grid after it was announced he would be leaving Alpine at the end of the 2024 season.

The 27-year-old will depart the Enstone team after five years racing together in F1, though their relationship extends back to Ocon's teenage years.

READ MORE: How Ocon's Alpine exit could impact ANDRETTI F1 entry

Ocon has enjoyed success at the team formerly known as Renault, including a shock win in Hungary in 2021.

Recently, however, the relationship has become stretched after Ocon's collision with teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco piled on the tension.

Alpine have made a poor start to the 2024 F1 season
Alpine have made a poor start to the 2024 F1 season
Esteban Ocon recorded a DNF in Monaco after colliding with Pierre Gasly
Esteban Ocon recorded a DNF in Monaco after colliding with Pierre Gasly

Could Mercedes connections land Ocon a 2025 seat?

“Mercedes, though, will still support Ocon despite his impending Alpine exit," Daniel Moxon writes.

READ MORE: Red Bull OFFICIALLY sign Verstappen team-mate for next two seasons

Toto Wolff was hired as Esteban Ocon's manager in 2015
Toto Wolff was hired as Esteban Ocon's manager in 2015

"And Mirror Sport understands that the team will continue to work with the Frenchman and do their best to ensure he still has a place on the grid next year.

“The 27-year-old continues to be supported by the team and they will be part of the efforts to find the driver his next home on the F1 grid.”

READ MORE: RANKED: Potential Esteban Ocon replacements at Alpine

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