F1: Esteban Ocon's Five Best Races in Haas Uniform

Esteban Ocon, a Formula 1 Grand Prix winner, joined Haas in 2025 to team up with then-rookie driver Oliver Bearman. Interestingly, Ocon remains the only Grand Prix winner (having won the Hungarian Grand Prix for Alpine in 2021) to ever race for Haas.

Unfortunately, a recent sudden turn of events led to Haas handing the early axe to Ocon. The Frenchman will now sit out the remaining four races in the 2026 F1 calendar, with Rafael Camara replacing him in Brazil and possibly in Las Vegas, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, too.

Overall, Ocon has scored a total of 45 points for Haas (38 points in 2025 and 7 in 2026), with a P5 finish as his best result for the team. 

With Ocon's stint with Haas coming to an end, let's look back at his most memorable races in the black-red-and-white uniform.

Haas didn't seem to have the pace in the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, with Ocon and Bearman exiting early in Q1. The team didn't have high hopes for the race, especially in a track where overtaking is almost close to impossible.

Starting from 17th, Ocon immediately gained two places, benefiting from Gabriel Bortoleto's pit-lane start and Max Verstappen's stalled start. Then, the race took a turn in Ocon's favor. After the first pit stops, he found himself in 11th when the race was red-flagged due to track issues.

Haas put him on soft tyres on the standing restart and held his position through the remainder of the race. But penalties to George Russell and Nico Hulkenberg bumped Ocon to 9th, giving Haas two points for a weekend that initially looked hapless.

With his future in F1 looking uncertain, Ocon put his head down and did his thing. Qualifying in Baku didn't go well, as he started the race in 13th. He pitted under Safety Car conditions on Lap 30, and then took advantage of the multi-car collision (Franco Colapinto, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris) in front of him during the restart. 

Ocon found himself in P7 after all the chaos, although he was pipped by Arvid Lindblad right at the finish line. Still, the P8 finish was quite the statement for the French driver.

Ocon showcased his pure pace and skills in the streets of Monte Carlo, qualifying his Haas car in eighth and finishing the race in seventh. The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix demonstrated Ocon's value to the Haas team, especially in a weekend where Bearman could only qualify 17th and score zero points.

The weekend in Bahrain started badly for Ocon, as he crashed at Turn 2 during the second session of qualifying. As a result, he started 14th on the grid.

But the Frenchman went on the offensive right from the get-go, using the extra grip from his soft tyres to gain a couple of positions. He and the team opted to pit early on Lap 8 to attempt an undercut, which actually worked. He found himself in seventh, ahead of Verstappen. 

A late Safety Car allowed Verstappen to get past him, but Ocon's rapid start was the key to Haas' crucial undercut attempt.

In just his second race with Haas, Ocon qualified for the main race in 11th, way ahead of Bearman in 17th. A clean start bumped him into the Top 10, but it was after his first stop that he blasted into action.

With the hard tyres on, Ocon worked his way through the midfield, carving relatively faster cars in front of him. He overtook Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli to take the checkered flag in P7.

More good news was to come for Ocon and Haas, as Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were disqualified due to technical infringements.

Ocon inherited P5 in China in what would be his best finish as a Haas driver.