Perez: Relationship with Ocon ‘never great' at Force India
ꦬSergio Perez admits his relationship with outgoing Force India Formula 1 teammate Esteban Ocon was “never great”.
The pair spent two years as teammates together at Force India and helped the Silverstone-based squad to a joint-best fourth-place finish in 2017, before it slipped to seventh in this year’s constructors’ championship after the team started from zero points following a summer takeover led bﷺy Lawrence Stroll.
Sergio Perez admits his relationship with outgoing Fo꧙rce India Formula 1 teammate Esteban Ocon was “ne🔯ver great”.
The pair spent two years as teammates together at Force India and helped the Silvers♛tone-based squad to a joint-best fourth-place finish in 2017, before it slipped to seventh in this year’s constructors’ championship after the team started from zero points following a summer takeover led by Lawrence Stroll.
Tensions between Perez and Ocon grew following a pair of on-track collisions at Baku and Spa in 2017 - prompting Force India to use te♋am orders t𒆙o manage its drivers on-track battles - before they clashed again on the opening lap of this year’s Singapore Grand Prix.
“To be honest it was ne൩ver great, the greatest one,” Perez expla🌠ined.
“We are both very professional, we don’t spend a lot of tim✨e out of the car, so🍒 it was quite very flat.
“I’ll say that with my pa𝔉st teammates, there was more of an outside relationship.
“I’ve had it before, with [Nico] Hulkenberg. It’s always hard, we are so competitive, and also when you are not teammates anymore, the relationship 🐓all of a sudden gets a bit better. It depends.
“There a﷽re drivers that cannot separate what♒ is racing and outside of the car. Everyone is different.”
Ocon168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: lost his seat at Force India to Lance Stroll for 2019 and has missed out on a full-time drive altogether, resulting in the Frenchman taking up a reserve driver role at Mercedes next season.
Asked how he ex♌pects to 🅰fare alongside his new teammate, Perez replied: “I don’t know him much as a driver.
“In Formula 1, it’s so difficult to prepare, t𒐪o know a driver from another team. 95 percent of your results is done by the car💦. He’s certainly had a poor season down to his car. I think Williams had a lot of trouble.
“But the kid definitely has talent. He’s been on the podium, when it’s wet, he’s always up there, and I think he’s coming to a great team with one of the best engineers in the wor🔯ld.
“I think he will be in great hands to𝕴 deliver his full potential.”
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