Esteban Ocon will return to Formula 1 after a season out to join Renault and will replace Nico Hulkenberg as the French team's driver from the 2020 season onwards. Ocon was tipped to replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes, but the path has taken him to Renault instead, a team he was linked with before Daniel Ricciardo replaced Carlos Sainz Jr. at the start of this season. The French driver has had a year of being Mercedes' simulation and test driver after not being picked up by an F1 team after Lance Stroll replaced him at the formerly-named Force India, now Racing Point. Ocon is tipped to be one of Formula 1's biggest young talents and impressed a number of people after his efforts with...
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