Formula 1 refugee Ocon visits Andros Trophy and decides to test an electric racer

Esteban Ocon will test an electric Andros Trophy car this weekend at the Isola 2000 circuit.

The former Racing Point Force India driver, who will be Mercedes’ F1 reserve this year, attended the second round of the winter season in Andorra before Christmas to support Formula 2 driver dorian Boccolacci, who competes in the Elite category of the series.

“I came to see Trophee Andros as a visitor and also to support my friend Dorian,” said Ocon. “We love motorsport and miss it in the winter time, so we all like going to Trophee Andros.”

Ocon will test a single-make rear-wheel drive support class electric car in Isola, but could also test a new Elite Pro fourwheel-drive, four-wheel steer electric car, like the machine that Aurelien Panis currently leads the standings with.

“I will be in Isola 2000 to test the electric car but I won’t do the race, we will see about doing that later on,” he said. “I will also be in Paris for the [final] race in Stade de France [next month].”

Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean is the most recent F1 driver to achieve success in the discipline. He won in Elite Pro in a one-off outing in 2016.