He will replace Germany's Nico Hulkenberg alongside Australia's Daniel Ricciardo.

The French driver Esteban Ocon will drive in Formula 1 for Renault from 2020 and "for several years", announced the French team Thursday on the sidelines of the GP of Belgium.

He will replace Germany's Nico Hulkenberg alongside Australia's Daniel Ricciardo. Ocon, 22, is this year's reserve driver at Mercedes, who announced shortly before that she would be taking Finnish Valtteri Bottas with Lewis Hamilton next year.