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Szafnauer expecting early points finishes for Ocon

Otmar Szafnauer is expecting Esteban Ocon to quickly come up to speed and score early points as he starts his first full season with the Sahara Force India Formula 1 Team. Ocon joins the squad in place of Nico Hülkenberg alongside Sergio Perez, and the Chief Operating officer of the Silverstone-based team is looking for both drivers to be in points scoring contention in order to try and protect the fourth place in the championship Force India achieved in 2016. 'We're hoping that Esteban can learn very quickly, which is one reason that we chose him because he does show the ability to get up to speed quickly,' said Szafnauer to RACER. 'We will teach him how to drive our car and our hope is...
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