Esteban Ocon is sure he will get his opportunity at Mercedes in the future as he continues to focus on doing the best he can at current team Force India.
The Frenchman’s future will be up for debate in 2018 as he out of contract for next year and, following his remarkable first season at the Silverstone outfit where he scored points in 18 of 20 races, there is already talk as to whether he could replace Valtteri Bottas.
Ocon, who is a member of Mercedes’ young driver program, is not getting ahead of himself, however, instead, the former European F3 and GP3 champion merely wants to maintain the form he showed under the weight of higher expectations this year.
“Force India and also Mercedes are happy with what I’m doing,” the 21-year-old told Autosport. “So if everyone is happy, I just have to continue and do everything I can.”
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The competition will be incredibly strong for the second seat at the German manufacturer, with Bottas keen to maintain it and Daniel Ricciardo weighing up his options away from Red Bull, but Ocon is prepared to wait and maintains this time will come.
“If you do a strong job, there will always be opportunities,” he claimed. “You need to focus on the job you’re doing on track and the job you’re doing with the engineers.
“I’m fully trusting my management with Mercedes, I know they have always done a good job for me and good choices.”
