Haas Formulation 1 driver Esteban Ocon has shared his curiosity in collaborating in a drift championship outing.
The Frenchman, who joined Haas forward of the 2025 season after a five-year stint with Renault/Alpine, has already taken half within the World Rally Championship and is eager to provide drifting a strive.
“It’s nonetheless associated to vehicles, however swapping seats with some drift championship guys can be good,” the 29-year-old mentioned to F1.com when requested what job he can be doing if he weren’t in F1.
“Not for too lengthy, however for a day! I did the WRC [World Rally Championship] as effectively already, which was insane. There are such a lot of issues to strive, actually. I used to be speaking with my girlfriend not too way back, and clearly I nonetheless have a very long time to be racing, however I’ve executed that each one my life.
“I’ve by no means actually thought of doing one thing else, as a result of that’s all I needed to do. In the future it can come, and I must take into consideration that, so let’s see!”
Ought to Ocon achieve success in his want, he would observe within the footsteps of fellow F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda, who lately took on a drifting masterclass with five-time Formulation Drift champion James Deane.
Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Workforce
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Deane put the Japanese driver by way of his paces in a Ford Mustang Darkish Horse earlier than exhibiting him the way it’s executed in his 1100+ bhp Ford Mustang RTR.
“The adrenaline is like… Wow!” Tsunoda exclaimed after taking up the figure-of-eight problem. “I must settle down just a little bit. I forgot to breathe, really. I am really holding my breath on a regular basis.”
He added after hopping into the passenger seat of Deane’s Mustang RTR: “I did not know what was happening. I simply lose the course which I am going through at. Like, am I going through to the wall now or… Holy s***. I sweat greater than yesterday’s race.”
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