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Bob Fernley expecting Esteban Ocon to thrive at Force India

Force India deputy team boss Bob Fernley believes new recruit Esteban Ocon can thrive at the Silverstone-based operation this season. Mercedes-backed Ocon, 20, has joined Force India in place of Nico Hülkenberg, having made his Formula 1 debut mid-2016 with the now defunct Manor outfit. Ocon claimed successive titles in Formula 3 and GP3 prior to his F1 promotion, as well as test days and practice runs with Mercedes and Renault respectively. The Frenchman also carried out a handful of test sessions for Force India in 2015. “I think we’d had very good tests with Esteban and also his simulation programmes that we did showed him to be very talented,” Fernley told...
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