Hamilton’s announcement has left current incumbent, Carlos Sainz, without a seat for 2025, and a switch to Mercedes seeming precarious with the team appearing to favour their junior driver Kimi Andrea Antonelli.
Esteban Ocon will leave Alpine at the end of this season
The 27-year-old revealed via Instagram that he had received his 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix winning Alpine, commemorating his first and only F1 victory.
“My @alpinef1team race winning car has a new home an extremely special day as we welcome the Hungarian GP A521 to the family garage!” Ocon wrote.
The post showed pictures of him, his girlfriend and parents posing with the car as they beamed at the tribute from the team.
Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix in spectacular fashion, as a wet track caused a series of collisions.
The Frenchman pitted at the right time for dry tyres, which kept him out ahead of Hamilton, and with help from team-mate Fernando Alonso, managed to hold off his rivals to take a maiden victory.