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F1 is considered the pinnacle of motorsport. And it’s simply down to the fact that 20 of the best drivers in the world compete against each other in the fastest, most technically advanced cars. Naturally, the fanfare around the sport is massive. Recently, the sport has also dived deep and tapped into the US markets. Thus, the popularity of the sport and its drivers is at an all-time high in the States.

US has its own motoring legacy. With NASCAR, the fans across the pond have their own heroes. Be that as it may, F1 knows how to stir up a crowd. And on the eve of the Miami Grand Prix, Esteban Ocon paired up with one of the most iconic NASCAR teams in the history of the series. And while this crossover has hyped the fans up for the upcoming race, it has also inadvertently sparked a huge rumor!

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The French driver who drives for Alpine in the 2023 season, took to his Twitter account to share a short clip of him doing doughnuts at the Charlotte Motor Speedway with the No. 17 RFK Racing Stock Ford Mustang. But as soon as the news of this one-off collaboration went viral, fans started demanding more!

Fans react as Esteban Ocon teases life in NASCAR for an F1 driver

Ocon is a rising star of the future in this sport. Hence, he is also one of the most sought after and followed drivers. Naturally, fans in the US who love NASCAR and Formula 1 want to see the young Frenchman dabble in their national racing category, too.

One fan even commented, “The nascarification of f1 continues we love to see it.”

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Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions from this viral F1 x NASCAT collab.

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The fans were very eager to see more of Ocon and other drivers in this series. And we can’t lie, seeing the best of the best drivers in all of motorsport competing toe-to-toe with some legendary NASCAR drivers would be a thing to behold!

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Anirban Aly Mandal

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 500 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports.
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Varunkumaar Chelladurai