Esteban Ocon: Protecting yourself from pressure (E245)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Sharing the experiences from his remarkable journey to F1, Esteban emphasises the significance of self-belief, respect, and attention to detail on the road to high performance.
Esteban Ocon is a French Formula 1 driver racing for the Alpine F1 Team, and is regarded as one of the most talented on the current grid. In this episode, Esteban shares the reality of racing from a young age and the astonishing sacrifices his family chose to make to support his dream.
Esteban reveals the pressure he was under throughout his youth and how his childhood was vastly different to his peers. His parents decided to sell their home and working garage to finance his career, in order to chase his dream of racing in Formula 1. He shares the impact this has had on him as an adult and the immense gratitude he has towards his parents today.
Reflecting on his rise through the ranks, Esteban opens up about the scrutiny and criticism he faced as a young driver. Rather than letting this impact him, he shares with Jake and Damian how he used this as motivation, transforming the negative feedback into inspiration. They discuss his 2019 hiatus from Formula 1 and the invaluable lessons he learnt during this time, observing the workings of the Mercedes team from the sidelines.
This episode is a deep dive into what achieving your dreams looks like, exploring teamwork, self-belief and why trust is so crucial.
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody's human. |
| 0:02.0 | Doesn't matter who it is, two feet two hands. |
| 0:04.0 | If he's capable of doing it, you can do it as well with work. |
| 0:07.0 | I had a lot of weight on my shoulder very young, |
| 0:10.0 | with the amount of sacrifice that my parent puts, |
| 0:12.0 | you know, we are living in a caravan basically, |
| 0:14.0 | dedicating our life to racing. |
| 0:15.6 | And did you ever lose belief? |
| 0:17.4 | No. |
| 0:18.4 | All the pain that we had, it was just all worth it, just for that moment. That is Formula One driver Esteban Ocon and this is high performance. The show that unlocks the minds of some of the most fascinating people on the planet. I'm Jake Humphrey and alongside our high performance expert, |
| 0:36.4 | Damien Hughes, we learn from the stories, struggles and successes of our guests, allowing us all to explore, be challenged and to grow. |
| 0:45.8 | So Estaban is an incredible talent and it's his talent that's been vital in propelling |
| 0:49.8 | him to the top of the motorsports world, a talent that you're about to hear is matched |
| 0:54.6 | by an unwavering self-belief and a remarkable ability to withstand pressure. |
| 0:59.8 | The kind of pressure that comes your way when your whole family pressed pause on their own lives to help you live your dream. |
| 1:05.6 | When we sat down with Esteban at the start of the 2024 season, |
| 1:09.6 | there was plenty of uncertainty with the cast struggling for performance, a contract with only a year to run, |
| 1:14.8 | and almost every F1 team looking at a driver change in the near future. |
| 1:19.6 | So how does it really feel when you're in the eye of the storm? Let's find out as we welcome |
| 1:24.8 | Esteban Ocon to high performance. However before we hear from Esteban a few |
| 1:30.3 | messages from our valued partners who allow us to offer you this content totally free. of the high performance podcast is sponsored by Virgin Money a brilliant and |
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