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Ocon: We were living in a caravan for a long time
Esteban Ocon's parents never doubted the current Force India driver was destined for great things in Formula One, so certain were they about their son's precocious talents that they bet the house on it – or sold it, rather, to fund his racing. The tall 20-year-old, now under long-term contract to world champions Mercedes and seen as a big emerging talent, is reluctant to dwell on his early years but money was in short supply. 'It hasn’t been easy. A lot of sacrifices were done for me to keep racing. We were living in a caravan for a long time,' he told Reuters at the Spanish Grand Prix, almost a home race for a man whose father's family came from Malaga and whose cousins still live...
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