Esteban Ocon turned 30 on 17 September. Nine races from the end of the season, he has three points, his Haas contract ends in December, and the team has confirmed it is looking at other drivers for 2027.
His 2026 is a season of finishing without scoring. Ocon has taken the chequered flag in thirteen of fourteen races, retiring only at Zandvoort, but has scored just twice: tenth at Suzuka and ninth at Monaco. His team mate Oliver Bearman has 18 points, 17 of them from the first two rounds.
Every message he exchanged with his engineer on air this season, from the Canadian Grand Prix onward, is on



