Esteban Ocon will partner Sergio Perez as Nico Hulkenbergs replacement at Force India for the 2017 season.The young Frenchman currently drives for backmarkers Manor but will move up the grid to replace the Renault-bound Hulkenberg next year.I feel ready for this new opportunity, said Ocon. I know the team quite well already because I was a test driver last year. Force India have described Ocons deal as a multi-year contract and his partnership with Perez as one of the most exciting line-ups on the grid with a blend of youth and experience.Profiling Formula 1s next generationThe team are engine customers of Mercedes who have a long association with the 20-year-old Frenchman. Highly regarded in the paddock, Ocon has seen off competition from Pascal Wehrlein, his fellow Mercedes graduate on loan at Manor this year, and appears to be in pole position to replace either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg when their deals expire at the end of 2018.Perhaps tellingly, the press release announcing Ocons appointment included the observations of Toto Wolff as the Mercedes boss celebrated a positive development for Formula 1 that talent wins over money and hailed Ocon as being amongst the most impressive youngsters fighting to make it to the top in Formula 1 over the coming years. 2017 F1 line-ups Mercedes Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Ferrari Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen Force India Sergio Perez Esteban Ocon Toro Rosso Carlos Sainz Daniil Kvyat Williams Valtteri Bottas Lance Stroll McLaren Fernando Alonso Stoffel Vandoorne Haas Romain Grosjean TBC Renault Nico Hulkenberg Jolyon Palmer Sauber TBC TBC Manor TBC TBC Haas, Sauber and Manor remain the only teams yet to confirm the identity of either of their drivers for 2017, although Romain Grosjean is under contract for next season with the American-based outfit. 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Yet the heralded Virginia recruit was upstaged by a trio of walk-ons who made the most of some rare extended playing time in a runaway victory.Justice Bartley scored five points while Jeff Jones and Trevon Gross Jr. added three apiece for the seventh-ranked Cavaliers in a 90-34 blowout of Grambling State.All three drew raucous cheers from the crowd -- and the regulars watching from the bench -- when they scored.It was really good to see Jeff and Tre and Justice, those guys that work so hard to prepare our guys in practice, get that many minutes and that many shots, coach Tony Bennett said, laughing as he glanced at a stat sheet that showed Gross took eight shots in 11 minutes.The rainbow 3-pointer he finally made with 3:40 remaining took an immediate place in Bennetts memory bank.Those are some of my favorite memories, the coach said, rattling off the names of other walk-ons getting their first points.The Cavaliers (4-0) made quick work of the undermanned Tigers, running off 26 consecutive points to end the first half leading 49-9. The final score marked the 17th time in Bennetts career at Virginia that the Cavaliers held an opponent below 40 points -- and the third game in a row.I dont think that you can imagine what its like to play against that defense, Tigers coach Shawn Walker said.Guy, who was Mr. Basketball in Indiana last season, shot 6 of 7 from the floor, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range. Bennett removed him with 10:51 remaining and started substituting with walk-ons very early.Marcel Thompson led Grambling State (1-3) with eight points.Guy, the most heralded of a vaunted freshman class for Virginia, causes a stir in the crowd every time he shows off his quick release. When his shot falls, fans go wild. He whetted their appetite in the previous game by scoring 15 points, and was even better against the Tigers.It feels really good right now being out there, Guy said. I try to be really poised and ffocused and make sure I am mentally prepared for each game.dddddddddddd ... I expect to go through my ups and downs, but will try to stay on an even keel through it all.Marial Shayok and Darius Thompson added 12 points apiece for Virginia.Grambling State, meanwhile, might want to lose Virginias phone number. The Cavaliers led by 40 at halftime after the 26-point burst, their largest lead at the break since the only other time they played Grambling, in 2001. They led that game 68-25 at intermission.BIG PICTUREGrambling State: The Tigers have five seniors on their roster, which should bode well when they get to their level of play in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, but they also have seven freshmen and are no doubt using the pay-day portion of their schedule to try to blend young and old into something more cohesive.Virginia: The preseason is over for the Cavaliers, who used their first four games to incorporate Guy, redshirt freshman Mamadi Diakite and freshman Ty Jerome into the rotation, a process that might have taken on greater urgency when talented low post scorer Austin Nichols was dismissed from the team last Friday. The schedule gets more serious for Virginia now with its next string of games against Iowa, Providence or Memphis, Ohio State, West Virginia and East Carolina.TWENTY-SOMETHINGVirginia has had a run of at least 20 consecutive points in three of its four games. It outscored UNCG 22-0 in the opener, scored 20 in a row against Yale on Sunday night and had the 26-0 run against the Tigers. The Cavaliers are allowing 38.8 points per game this season.HOMEBODIESVirginia has won 23 straight at home, the sixth-longest streak in the country.UP NEXTGrambling State plays a team to be determined in the Emerald Coast Classic.Virginia plays Iowa in the Emerald Coast Classic on Friday night in Niceville, Florida.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr ' ' '