Esteban Ocon has admitted that his improvement in qualifying in 2018 was important, as Mercedes wanted to see him making gains in that area. The Frenchman, who is surprisingly without a drive for next year, defeated team-mate Sergio Perez 15-5 in qualifying this campaign. However, after two years with Force India (now Racing Point F1), Ocon was unable to find a seat in the Mercedes stable, and is now their reserve driver. 'It is my target to win the championship, and we will see how the future evolves, but I guess Mercedes wanted to see that their driver could perform well in qualifying,' Ocon said. 'In any kind of racing it's important to start ahead, when we have aero like this it's very...
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