You never know, Ocon may ride around at the rear or towards the rear with Williams, however he may just out pace the car and take it to P8 every race with one or two even higher finishes. That in my opinion would just enhance his stock, and if Bottas has another tardy year in relation to Hamilton, Ocon will be in and Bottas will be back to Grove for 2020.
Remember, Paddy Lowe has quite literally told the design team that the 2019 car is a blank sheet of paper, pretty much every component will be new, a new concept and a new design, one rumour that was going around after Williams decided against Mercedes gearboxes was that they could have had for €5m for the season was that they have converted over to the current carbon case with cassette design. It was tested at Hungary successfully and has been in the back of the cars as a Friday gearbox since Spa as well.
I am confident that Williams will improve next year, and if they have Russell and Ocon, this will not only help having the next starlet and the next-next starlet as well. It will also help their sponsorship situation as they have still to plug that €35m hole that Martini gave them, that could be covered easily by two or three of the right sponsors.
I think the battle of the fallen British Greats will be a must watch capsule battle next year with Williams and McLaren.