The information comes within the wake of the controversy over Ocon’s collision with team-mate Pierre Gasly on the Monaco Grand Prix that left workforce administration upset.
Though it’s understood that the choice shouldn’t be primarily based totally on what occurred in Monaco, the current occasions did play an element in a choice that it might be finest for them to not proceed into 2025.
Talking in regards to the choice, Ocon stated: “It has been a big interval of my life to be racing at this workforce in Method 1.
“Whereas I have been right here for 5 years as a full-time racing driver, my skilled profession began at Enstone again once I was a teen, so it can all the time be a particular place for me.
“We now have had some nice moments collectively, some powerful moments as effectively, and I’m definitely grateful to everybody on the workforce for these memorable occasions.
“I’ll announce my plans very quickly however, within the meantime, my full focus is on delivering on observe for this workforce and having a profitable the rest of the season.”
Ocon will proceed to drive for the workforce for the rest of this season, together with this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. He final week hit out on the on-line abuse he had obtained for his half within the collision with Gasly which put him out of the Monte Carlo race.
Group principal Bruno Famin, who had talked of ‘penalties’ for the Monaco collision, believes that each driver and workforce would proceed to ship their finest for the rest of the marketing campaign.
“We want to firstly thank Esteban for his dedication to the workforce for the previous 5 years,” he stated.
Esteban Ocon, Alpine F1 A524
Picture by: Erik Junius
“Throughout his time, we’ve celebrated some implausible moments collectively, one of the best of which coming on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with a memorable race win.
“We nonetheless have 16 races to finish in 2024 along with a transparent goal: to proceed to work tirelessly as a workforce to push for one of the best on-track outcomes. We want Esteban the easiest for the following chapter of his driving profession when that second comes.”
Alpine is prone to proceed in 2025 with Gasly, whose contract is up for renewal on the finish of this yr.
Candidates to accomplice him embrace reserve Jack Doohan, who might run in first apply in Canada this weekend, and WEC driver Mick Schumacher. Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou has additionally been linked with the seat.
Ocon’s subsequent step in F1 shouldn’t be clear, however he has been most strongly linked with two choices on the grid.
Haas is understood to have an interest within the Frenchman, because it considers its best choice for an skilled team-mate to its possible promotion of rookie Oliver Bearman subsequent season.
Ocon can also be understood to be the Sauber/Audi workforce’s most well-liked choice if Carlos Sainz elects to not take up a proposal that he has with the Swiss-based squad.
Sainz is at the moment evaluating whether or not to commit his long-term future to Audi or settle for a drive that Williams has supplied him to be team-mate to Alex Albon from subsequent yr.
Ocon has pushed for the Alpine workforce since 2020, when it then competed till the Renault banner. He was capable of ship the French producer a victory on the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, which was additionally his very first in F1.
Since then, he has delivered two additional podium finishes, though this season has not delivered the success that each he and the squad had hoped for.
