Manor: Esteban Ocon replaces Rio Haryanto for rest of F1 season

Renault's 19-year-old reserve driver Esteban Ocon has replaced Rio Haryanto at Manor and will make his Grand Prix race debut in Belgium on 28 August.

Indonesian Haryanto, 23, signed at the start of the season but has failed to register any points and has been offered the role of reserve driver.

Frenchman Ocon will race alongside German Pascal Wehrlein for the remaining nine rounds of the F1 season.

Wehrlein earned Manor their first point at the Austrian GP in July.

Manor are currently 10th in the constructors' standings, and racing director Dave Ryan said: "We're confident that when Esteban makes his Grand Prix debut in Spa, we will have a very potent line-up with which to take the fight to our immediate competitors for the rest of the season."


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