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Force India signs Ocon on multi-year deal

Esteban Ocon will join Force India for his first full-time campaign in Formula 1 in 2017, the team has announced. Ocon, 20, will take the seat vacated by Renault-bound Nico Hulkenberg, partnering up with Sergio Perez. A former European F3 and GP3 champion, Ocon drove Force India's VJM08 in the Barcelona pre-season test and the Red Bull Ring mid-season test in 2015. He started 2016 as Renault test driver and a Mercedes race driver in the DTM, and then made his F1 grand prix debut in August's Belgian Grand Prix, having taken over Rio Haryanto's Manor seat for the second half of the season. In the statement, Force India has outlined Ocon's deal as a multi-year contract, saying the Frenchman...
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