News Details

Ocon will not 'sub' for Mercedes warns Force India

Force India deputy team principal, Bob Fernley makes clear that Esteban Ocon cannot be used as Mercedes stand-in. Though a prominent member of Mercedes junior programme, Force India is adamant that should the German team encounter an issue this season necessitating a substitute for either Lewis Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas, the Frenchman would not be released. 'Absolutely not,' deputy team principal Bob Fernley told Autosport. 'He's a Force India driver for two years, and that's it. 'He can't substitute one of their drivers,' he added, 'but if they were asking him to test, I'd be quite pleased to let him do that.' Ocon, who made his F1 debut in 2014 when he drove the Lotus in FP1 in Abu...
Full Story »
7y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Fernley: Mercedes stand-in role for Ocon out of the...

 XPB Images Force India team principal Bob Fernley says that...
7y ago from F1i.com

‘Ocon won't substitute over at Mercedes'

Force India have made it clear that Esteban Ocon is their driver for the...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Force India wants Ocon to challenge Perez, and for...

 XPB Images Force India is expecting new recruit Esteban Ocon...
7y ago from F1i.com

Force India wants Ocon to challenge Perez

As Force India rookie Esteban Ocon gets ready to race in his first full...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marquez ‘completely exhausted' when he caught...

Marc Marquez was left feeling 'completely exhausted' by the time he caught...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marquez ‘got the better of me' at Le Mans, says...

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia admitted he was missing a...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Martin has nothing left to prove to Ducati after Le...

Jorge Martin boldly claimed 'I don't think I have anything to demonstrate'...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Juncos reveals special ‘Phoenix’ and ‘Titan’...

Juncos Hollinger Racing has revealed special ‘Phoenix’ and ‘Titan’...

Abel ends Indy 500 entry hopes, cites funding as cause

Abel Motorsports will not be fielding a car in this year’s Indianapolis...

American flag livery returns for AJ Foyt Indy 500 entry

AJ Foyt Racing announced Wednesday that it is bringing its popular...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastian Ogier sets another new record with his 6th...

Sebastian Ogier and Vincent Landais reeled off the remaining four stages...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.