The Haas Formulation 1 workforce on Thursday introduced it signed Esteban Ocon as a driver.

Haas signed a multiyear contract with Ocon that can see the younger Frenchman begin driving for the American squad in 2025.

The information is not an enormous shock as Ocon beforehand labored with Haas Crew Principal Ayao Komatsu, and was rumored for a seat on the workforce ever since his present employer, Alpine, introduced in June it could drop him after 2024. Komatsu was Ocon’s race engineer throughout a take a look at with Lotus in 2014.

Alpine hasn’t introduced a substitute for Ocon, although Crew Principal Bruno Famin beforehand talked about Mick Schumacher, the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher and a present reserve driver at Mercedes-Benz AMG, as a potential driver for the squad.

At Haas, Ocon will change Kevin Magnussen who the workforce introduced final week would depart the squad after 2024. Magnussen goals to remain in F1 however hasn’t introduced any future plans.

Haas’ different driver in 2024 is Nico Hülkenberg, who in April introduced he’ll depart the workforce after the present season to hitch Sauber, which turns into Audi in 2026.

Haas in early July named Oliver Bearman because the substitute for Hülkenberg. The promising driver at the moment serves as a reserve for Ferrari, a workforce with shut hyperlinks to Haas, together with the availability of energy items.

Ocon first entered F1 in 2016 as a driver for Manor. He joined Power India the next yr and after a yr’s hiatus in 2019, the place he served as a Mercedes reserve, he joined Renault in 2020 and stayed with the squad after it was rebranded Alpine in 2021. He is probably the most profitable driver to hitch Haas because of his single victory, which befell on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.