Renault driver Esteban Ocon has slotted comfortably back into his role as a Formula One race driver after spending a year on the sidelines as the development driver for Mercedes. read more »

Esteban Ocon wasn't competing last season but that doesn't mean it wasn't an exhausting year for the then-Mercedes reserve driver. read more »

New Renault driver Esteban Ocon talks to ESPN about his year on the sidelines, how close he came to taking Valtteri Bottas' drive at Mercedes this year and how he thinks... read more »

Now looking on from the sidelines as he pursues an alternative career path in motor sport, Fernando Alonso admits that when he does watch F1, it is Max Verstappen that excites... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out spending next season on the F1 sidelines and returning a year later, saying if his F1 career is over, he'll "handle" i read more »

Esteban Ocon will replace Nico Hulkenberg at Renault for 2020, returning to the sport after a year on the sidelines. read more »

Billed as a future champion and yet forced to watch from the sidelines, Esteban Ocon is not willing to "judge" other drivers but concedes some could be doing a better... read more »

Sitting on the sidelines this season, Esteban Ocon insists he has trusts his management - including Toto Wolff - to find him a race seat for next season. read more »

Fernando Alonso says spending 2019 on the sidelines would have been a 'waste of everyone's time', having added McLaren Formula 1 testing to his IndyCar and World... read more »

Lando Norris sets the pace despite causing two red flags through Tuesday's Formula 1 test running in Barcelona. read more »

Facing another morning on the sidelines while their rivals test, Williams are facing a "mutiny" against "under-performing" technical director, Paddy Lowe. read more »

Esteban Ocon is confident Mercedes will "remember" his potential even though he is set to spend a season on the sidelines. read more »

Esteban Ocon believes he will not be forgotten by Mercedes during his year out of Formula 1, even though he admits "you don't earn anything" on the sidelines read more »

Sergio Perez says Esteban Ocon still lacks "maturity" and could see his Formula 1 career seriously harmed by spending 2019 on the sidelines. Ocon will serve as... read more »

Sergio Perez believes his ex-Formula 1 team-mate Esteban Ocon's year on the sidelines in 2019 can "definitely hurt him more than it can benefit him" read more »

Valtteri Bottas could be hit with a grid penalty for the Mexican GP after a hydraulic failure curtailed his running in FP3. read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne will not accept a season sat on the sidelines in 2019, with the Belgian's dream scenario being a full racing programme away from Formula One alongside a... read more »

Gerhard Berger feels Esteban Ocon is deserving of a place on the Formula 1 grid in 2019 and it would be disappointing for the sport to see him on the sidelines. read more »

Sebastian Vettel took pole for the German Grand Prix with a new track record, ahead of Finnish duo Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton saw his afternoon end in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel sets the headline pace for Ferrari in final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix as an issue sidelines Max Verstappen late in the session. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo leads the way from Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen in opening F1 practice in Bahrain as Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen hits trouble. read more »

Ferrari test driver Antonio Giovinazzi looks likely to be on the sidelines for a second consecutive season after a race seat in Formula 1 failed to happen. read more »

Toto Wolff is happy with the performances of the Mercedes-Benz Junior drivers despite Pascal Wehrlein appearing to be left on the sidelines in 2018. read more »

Scuderia Toro Rosso has decided to pair the returning Pierre Gasly with Brendon Hartley, leaving Daniil Kvyat on the sidelines. read more »

Daniil Kvyat will watch the next two Grands Prix from the sidelines after being replaced at Toro Rosso by Pierre Gasly. GPUpdate.net takes a look at some of… read more »