Esteban Ocon

Petrolhead Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane, known in the sporting world as simply Esteban Ocon, is a professional racing driving, who competes for Alpine in Formula 1. He made his F1 debut in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, took his maiden podium at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, and his first victory at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Born and raised in Normandy, France, Ocon grew up go-karting with the help of his parents, who sold their family business to fund his karting career. He won his first karting championship in 2007, and the French KF3 title in 2010. When he was 14 he was signed by Gravity Sports management, a sister company of the Renault F1 team. He made his single-seater debut in 2012 taking part in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, before moving on to Formula 3 in 2013, and going on to win the European Championship. He moved to the GP3 Series for 2015 and despite only scoring one race victory, he won the championship by eight points.

Ocon had already experienced Formula 1 driving when he took part in a two-day test for Lotus F1 in 2014, but just prior to his GP3 success, it was announced that he would enter the Mercedes Junior Team. Then in February 2016 he was called up to act as a reserve driver for the Renault Sort F1 team for the 2016 season. He made his F1 debut at the Belgian Grand Prix then for the 2017 season he joined Force India as part of his multi-year contract with Mercedes. He joined Renault for 2020 as a full-time driver, and after Renault rebranded as Alpine F1 Team for the 2021 season, he was partnered with the returning Fernando Alonso. He went on to claim his first F1 win that season at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ocon regularly connects with his millions of followers and fans through Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, posting pictures and videos of his high-octane lifestyle.