F3 – Esteban Ocon, AUTOhebdo Rookie of the Year

At 18, the Frenchman Esteban Ocon is already promised a bright future in car. Titled in F3 European Championship in 2014 at the end of a season which saw him face the Dutch Max Verstappen, the Prema Powerteam driver also had a busy end to the year between tests in F1 with Ferrari and Lotus (he is part of the Junior program of the stableenstone), in GP2 with DAMS or even en DTM with Mercedes but also participation in the Race of Champions alongside Romain Grosjean to represent France in Barbados. The AUTOhebdo editorial team made him their Rookie of the year.

" That makes me very happy. For me, being named Rookie of the Year means that we did a great job and impressed a lot of people..." indicated the native of Evreux.

Also find the meeting between Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, in issue 1992 of AUTOhebdo, which will remain available on newsstands until Tuesday January 6, and still downloadable in digital version.