Esteban Ocon News

Doohan will make his F1 debut at the season-opening grand prix in Melbourne next year, joining fellow Australians Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo on the grid.

YouTube superstars Dude Perfect have dipped their toes into the glitzy world of Formula One for the first time, filming an action-packed video involving all 20 drivers at this year's Australian Grand Prix.

HENRY CLARK AT SPA: With 10 races to go following the break, Mail Sport ranks each of the 20 drivers to find out who is flying at the top of the class and who needs to up their game.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog of the 2024 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix for the latest lap-by-lap updates and leaderboard as Red Bull look to fight recent McLaren resurgence.

HENRY CLARK IN SPA: Ocon, 27, announced his decision ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix after confirming he was leaving Alpine at the end of the season last month.

Relive Mail Sport's live blog of the 2024 Hungary Grand Prix as McLaren start one and two on the grid including leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog of the 2024 British Grand Prix for all the build-up, latest action and lap-by-lap updates after the three Brits dominated qualifying.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog as Austrian Grand Prix throws up a surprise winner following a crash between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.

Relive Mail Sport's coverage of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen beat Lando Norris to secure his seventh victory of the 2024 season.

It's a hat-trick for Max Verstappen! The three-time world champion took victory for the third year in a row at the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix, but Norris and Russell didn't make it easy for him.

BEN NAGLE IN MONTREAL: With the 2024 Formula One season well underway, attention for many is already turning to 2025 - and a more topsy-turvy driver line-up than usual.

Join Mail Sport's Ben Nagle live from Montreal as we bring you lap-by-lap updates from the qualifying session at the Canadian Grand Prix, with Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull all vying for pole position.

The Frenchman's future on the grid is now in serious doubt, and news of his exit comes just days after team boss Bruno Famin threatened 'consequences' in the wake of Ocon's crash with Pierre Gasly.

Mick followed in his father's footsteps by competing in F1 when he drove for Haas in 2021 and 2022, finishing 19th and 16th respectively in the drivers' standings.

Recap Mail Sport's live blog of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc won the eighth race of the 2024 season including leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MONACO: Red Bull's underperformance was underlined by Sergio Perez, the so-called 'King of the Streets', being eliminated in Q1. The Mexican will start 18th.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates from the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix qualifying.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog of the 2024 Formula One Miami Grand Prix and relive all of the action as McLaren driver Lando Norris finished in first place for his first ever F1 grand prix victory.

Relive all the action from the qualifying sessions of the 2024 Formula One Miami Grand Prix qualifying as Max Verstappen claimed his sixth pole of the season ahead of Charles Leclerc.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates from the Chinese Grand Prix.

This was Mail Sport's live blog for the latest leaderboard and lap-by-lap updates from the Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday April 20.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest timing and lap-by-lap updates from the Japanese Grand Prix.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest timing and lap-by-lap updates from the Japanese Grand Prix qualifying.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest timings and lap-by-lap updates from the Australian Grand Prix.

The current Formula 1 grid will have started their work towards joining the sport's top level when they started out in go-karts, can you recognise these stars from their karting days?

Esteban Ocon has opened up about why he broke down in tears in the car park at the Australian Grand Prix in 2019, when he endured arguably his toughest season in the sport.

Recap Mail Sport's live blog for the latest timings and updates as Max Verstappen looks to convert second consecutive pole place amid Red Bull controversy.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for the latest timings and lap-by-lap updates from the opening race of the 2024 Formula 1 season.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and updates as Christian Horner is set to return to the paddock after what appeared to be WhatsApp exchanges were sent to F1's influential figures.

Lewis Hamilton's bombshell move to Ferrari could see Jack Doohan - the son of Australian motorcycling legend Mick Doohan- make his Formula 1 debut next season.

Mail Sport runs you through team-by team at the contract situations for all 20 drivers, and picks out possible candidates teams could be keeping their eyes on.

Recap Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the 2023 Formula One season comes to an end.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Recap Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from the Las Vegas Grand Prix race.

Relive Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from qualifying at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN LAS VEGAS: It was F1's lowest point here since the US Grand Prix of 2005, when tyre safety fears resulted in just six cars starting.

In a nightmare start to F1's first Sin City race for 41 years, the first practice session was scrapped after just eight minutes when a loose drain cover caused significant damage to two vehicles.

Winter, 30, came face-to-face with this reality while presenting during the incident-filled Friday schedule and didn't take too well to her proximity to the hit American trio.

Fans have relentlessly lampooned F1 for the farcical scenes at the Las Vegas Grand Prix which saw the first practice session cancelled due to a loose manhole cover.

Formula One drivers and teams have been forced to keep themselves occupied as second practice at the Las Vegas Grand Prix was pushed back into the night.

The issue already caused damage to the cars of Esteban Ocon and Carlos Sainz - who was directly behind Alonso - in a nightmare start to Formula One's glitziest weekend.

RECAP: Mail Sport's blog for the latest from second practice at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as practice was delayed due to loose manhole cover after Carlos Sainz stopped after going over the drain. 

A red flag was thrown after Esteban Ocon's Alpine and then Carlos Sainz's Ferrari suffered significant damage having run over the damaged part of the track, and practice did not resume.

CCTV footage from the Las Vegas street circuit shows a fiery plume of smoke emerge from under Carlos Sainz's car as he was soon lost amid the sparks before returning to the garage.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN LAS VEGAS: Formula One's venture into America started it as it has often gone before - with a massive blow,

The last race saw Max Verstappen win a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix after Daniel Ricciardo narrowly avoided being hit in the head by a flying tyre on the first lap.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest updates and timings from the Brazilian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen started on pole and Lewis Hamilton looked to make up ground from fifth.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest news and updates from the Sprint Race at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Re-live Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest news, updates and timings from qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix. 

Max Verstappen won his 16th race of the season in Mexico last weekend ahead of rival and Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc .

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest updates and timings from the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Re-live the action as it happened below - with Mail Sport's live blog which provided all the latest updates and timings from qualifying of the Mexican Grand Prix.

It was a day to forget for Australian drivers at the United States Grand Prix, with Oscar Piastri forced to retire from the race and Daniel Ricciardo finishing dead last.

Charles Leclerc starts from pole position in Austin as he looks for a first win this season, with newly-crowned world champion Max Verstappen sixth on the grid. Follow all the action with Mail Sport blog.

Just weeks after a dominant victory over a team of American golfers in Rome, Team Europe's Rory McIlroy paraded the trophy that the USA lost at its own F1 Grand Prix.

Re-live Max Verstappen's comfortable win in the Sprint Race of the United States Grand Prix from the Circuit of the Americas with Mail Sport's live blog.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN AUSTIN: Esteban Ocon threw up in his helmet, Alex Albon was treated for heat exhaustion, Lance Stroll fell over afterwards and Logan Sargeant retired through illness.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for updates from the Circuit of the Americas for qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen is set to compete in his first race since winning his third consecutive Formula One world title.

The Qatar race pushed the 20 drivers on the F1 grid 'beyond their limits' last weekend with a scorching track temperature and high humidity affecting more than half of those who took part. 

Drivers raced in gruelling heat in Qatar, with temperatures reaching over 50 degrees inside the cockpit, with over half the grid 'saying they felt sick, couldn't drive and were close to passing out'.

Fans have called for Formula One's Qatar Grand Prix to be scrapped after one driver briefly lost consciousness and another vomited inside his helmet amid the race's sweltering temperatures.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN DOHA: Cockpit heat exceeded 50°C in stifling humidity, with no let-up across the 1hr 28min of Sunday's contest at the Lusail International Circuit, 18 miles north of Doha.

London-born driver Alex Albon was treated for acute heat exposure at the on-track medical centre, while Logan Sargeant was forced to park his car through illness.

London-born driver Alex Albon was treated for acute heat exposure at the on-track medical centre, while Logan Sargeant was forced to park his car through illness.

George Russell and Lando Norris hit out at the event on Sunday which went 'beyond the limit of what is acceptable' with many drivers saying they were feeling sick and close to passing out.

A number of drivers complained of illness after humid evening temperatures subjected them to either dehydration or heat exhaustion around the Lusail circuit.

There was simply a furtive exchange of looks, a private acknowledgement that Max Verstappen was finally, inevitably, world champion for 2023. 

Read how Mail Sport's live blog covered the Qatar Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen took to the grid for his first race as a three-time world champion after the Dutchman clinched the title in yesterday's sprint.

Read how Mail Sport's live blog covered the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Oscar Piastri starting on pole as Max Verstappen looked to seal the Drivers' Championship. 

Read how Mail Sport's live blog covered the qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was chasing yet another pole, ahead of Lewis Hamilton. 

Recap Mail Sport's live blog for the Japanese Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen looks to continue his dominant Formula 1 title defence from pole position.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest from the Japanese Grand Prix qualifying as Max Verstappen looks to reassert Red Bull's dominance. 

Carlos Sainz secured the second F1 victory of his career in Singapore last weekend ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.

A popular F1 grid reporter has been slammed as 'rude' and 'disrespectful' after blanking Aussie Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix.

Follow Mail Sport's Live Blog for all the latest from Singapore on race day as Max Verstappen chases his 11th consecutive win from 11th place on the grid.

Recap Mail Sport's live blog of qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix as Ferrari look to convert strong weekend into a good qualifying performance with the Red Bulls off the pace.

The Red Bull star comes into this weekend's action off the back of a win at the Italian Grand Prix - becoming the first driver ever to win 10 races in a row.