Former Formulation 1 driver Karun Chandhok has argued that Esteban Ocon “can be feeling twitchy” about his Haas seat after the sturdy efficiency of his team-mate Ollie Bearman.
Since becoming a member of the American outfit at first of 2025, Ocon has discovered himself more and more beneath stress from his team-mate. In his rookie F1 season, Bearman completed thirteenth within the standings with 41 factors and Ocon completed fifteenth with 38 factors. After the primary half of 2026, Bearman sits thirteenth within the championship with 18 factors, whereas Ocon is seventeenth with solely three factors.
Whereas discussing the 29-year-old’s future on the Sky Sports activities F1 Present after the Austrian Grand Prix, Chandhok agreed with Sky F1 lead commentator David Croft that Ocon will probably be feeling the stress.
“He can be feeling twitchy, would not he? As a result of he is now down 8-3 on qualifying throughout all of the periods that you may evaluate them. That is not rating,” the previous driver defined.
“Even on the weekend, he was a good distance behind within the race, and possibly there are points, however that is a giant hole. I do not know who the options are.”
Haas is known to be contemplating Leonardo Fornaroli and Rafael Camara for 2027.
Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Staff
Photograph by: Guido De Bortoli / LAT Photos by way of Getty Photos
“We have heard of Rafael Camara, who’s a Ferrari junior. Clearly, Ferrari has massive hyperlinks with Haas,” Chandhok continued. “They’ve positioned Ollie Bearman there. So possibly they’d place their present Formulation 2 star who’s doing an excellent job in F2. He might be another choice. Yuki Tsunoda is sniffing.
“I might go for Camara. I might go for a younger hotshot in the event that they had been going to alter it.
“Bearman has bought expertise now. However after we get to subsequent season, he can be in his third 12 months. They have an skilled primary driver. Why not get a younger hotshot in? As a result of then if Ollie does get promoted to Ferrari down the road, then Camara can step into that position.
“So to me, in the event that they had been seeking to change, I might go for a younger F2 hotshot.”
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