One of the worst-kept secrets in the Formula 1 paddock has now been confirmed. Esteban Ocon announced after the Monaco Grand Prix that he would be leaving Alpine after five years with the team. Ocon’s relationship with Pierre Gasly was fractured, to say the least, and now he’s set to embark on a new adventure. Haas have known for some time that they needed one new driver after losing Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber. That’s looking more and more like a precarious move to make with Mattia Binotto brought in to replace Andreas Seidl this week at Audi before their introduction to the grid. Oliver Bearma…
