Meet Laurent Ocon, the Father of Esteban Ocon:Biography, Net Worth & More- Esteban Ocon, aged 27 who hails from France is a Race car driver who made his Formula One debut for Manor Racing in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. He also came in first in the GP3 Series with the ART Grand Prix in 2015. He has over 2.2 million followers on his @estebanocon Instagram account.
Who is Laurent Ocon?
Laurent alongside his wife Sabrina Ocon, has a background in motorsports. Laurent was a rally driver and Sabrina was a go-kart racer. They met at a go-kart track and their shared passion for racing eventually led them to start their karting team. They supported their son’s interest in racing from a young age and helped him get started in karting. Laurent also served as Esteban’s manager early in his career.
Laurent and Sabrina Ocon have played a significant role in their son’s racing career. They not only provided him with the opportunity to start karting at a young age but also served as his support system throughout his journey to becoming an F1 racer. Laurent’s experience as a rally driver and Sabrina’s background in go-kart racing gave Esteban a strong foundation in motorsports.
Additionally, Laurent’s role as Esteban’s manager early in his career helped him secure important opportunities and sponsorships.
Apart from this, there’s seldom any disclosed information about his personal life including his childhood, parents, siblings, and education.
Born on September 17, 1996, in Évreux, France, Esteban Ocon whose full name is Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane has had supportive parents who sacrificed for the success of their son’s motor racing career as they lived on a caravan, having sold their house, put their jobs on hold.
Ocon started his career in karting, having won the French Minime Championship in his second season, and followed that up with another trophy the year after in the French Cadet Championship.
Esteban debuted his career with the P16 at the Belgian Grand Prix. He managed to achieve his best results at the Brazilian Grand Prix, unfortunately he only dropped out of the points on the last lap of the race. With so much momentum, Ocon went on to win his first Formula One point, and he went on to extend his points to the seventh position in Russia and the fifth position in Spain. He ended the season as the eighth-best driver of the season, having scooped a total of 87 points.A tragedy and an unfortunate event occurred in Singapore, where Ocon and Perez collided on the first lap, which would result in Ocon crashing into a wall and marking his retirement from the race.On the 23rd of November 2018, Esteban Ocon was called up to be Mercedes’s reserve driver.
In the 2020 season, Ocon got the opportunity to be alongside Daniel Ricciardo under Renault Team. It was at the 2020 edition of the race series where Ocon attained his first Formula One Podium, and he was consistently second best against his teammate Ricciardo. When Ocon got the opportunity to drive alongside Fernando Alonso with the A521, Ocon obtained points in four of the first five rounds. He led the Hungarian Grand Prix with some help from Alonso, thereby claiming his first victory in Formula One.
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