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Mercedes junior and GP3 title contender Esteban Ocon will make his DTM debut this weekend at Hockenheim.

Last year's Formula 3 European champion replaces Daniel Juncadella, who will miss the finale due to illness.

Ocon turned his first laps in DTM machinery during last year's end-of-season young driver test at Jerez, and was announced as Mercedes' reserve driver in May.

He has subsequently completed passenger laps at each DTM round.

Ocon will become the second reserve driver to debut in the DTM in 2015, after former F3 rival Antonio Giovinazzi stood in for the suspended Timo Scheider for Audi at Moscow Raceway in August.