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Ricciardo, Ocon could be partnered with Renault academy driver

Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul hopes to be in a position to draft a member of the team's young driver programme into Formula 1 by 2021. The French squad recently announced that Esteban Ocon will race for them in 2020 and 2021, alongside Daniel Ricciardo, whose contract runs up to the end of next year. Article continues under video Renault currently has two prospects in Formula 2 in Jack Aitken and Guanyu Zhou – fourth and seventh in the drivers' standings respectively – but recently lost Anthoine Hubert after he was killed in a crash in F2's feature race in Belgium. Hubert had been seen by some as the leading light of Renault's academy after winning GP3 last year and Abiteboul...
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