Pierre Gasly has spoken about the sudden departure of his Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon, who contested his final race in Qatar.

Esteban Ocon has insisted "this is not how I wanted things to end" having been denied the opportunity to properly say goodbye to members of the Alpine Formula 1 team.News of the Frenchman's dropping for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi season finale moved fast after the Qatar Grand Prix and Ocon is expected to return to the cockpit with Haas at the post-season test next week.

Esteban Ocon, previously with Alpine, has been released to join Haas, leading to Jack Doohan's debut in Abu Dhabi. Ocon struggled this season and will now partner with Ollie Bearman at Haas. Doohan, a former reserve driver for Alpine and son of racing legend Mick Doohan,