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The curse of the multi-year contract for an F1 driver

Analysis To news overview © Alpine 2021 got off to a pretty positive start for Esteban Ocon. The Frenchman appeared to have recovered the form that he'd shown prior to 2019, the year that he was forced to take a reserve driver position at Mercedes after being unable to secure a seat on the grid. In the early races of the 2021 season, Ocon finished in the top 10 for four consecutive weekends, and crucially seemed to be outperforming teammate Fernando Alonso, something not many drivers to have raced alongside the Spaniard in the same team have managed to do. Given this run of impressive performances, it is perhaps not surprising that Alpine were keen to retain Ocon's services, and the two...
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