Verstappen is on course to secure his third consecutive title in F1 2023, with no threat once again from Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez.

The Dutchman has a 69-poin♎t lead over Perez after just eight rounds.

Ocon and Verstappen famously battled it out for the FIA Formula 3 title in 2014,𓄧 with the Fre🎃nchman coming out on top.

Even so, Verstappen would go on to make his F1 debut a year later, while Ocon would have to wait until the middleꦉ of 2016.

In F1, due Ocon spending all of his career in the midfield,ജ we’ve yet to witness too many on track battles.

Their most memorable one came at the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix when Verstappen was leading the race, while Ocon was a lap dow📖n.

Ocon, driving for Force India at the time, trie🐻d to unlap himself, attempting an overtake into the opening sequence of corners.

The pair collided, costing Verstappe🐎n an easy v♔ictory on the day.

“Sure, I see myself fighting with Verstappen fighting for a world title if we had the same car,” Ocon said, as reported by DAZN. “Now Max is doing an incredible job, he is domina🉐ting with Red Bul▨l.

“But I don’t care who the driver is, I want to fight for the champion꧃ship. I’ve always believed in myself.”

Despite a number of years in the midfield, Ocon’s🥂 goal still remains to be world champion.

“We have a long road ahead of us, but my goal is to b𓄧e world champion, nothing mor𝔉e,” he added.

“The truth is I don’t want people to think I’m a tough guy becauꦆse I’m a nice guy out there but my way of riding is hard. It’s probably true, but I’m happy with it.

“I don’t know what the future holds for me. At the moment I feel ve꧒ry good at Alpine. I feel we are making progress and I am fully confident.

“But in F1 you never know the future. I know the sacrifices I’ve made and everything I’ve had to go through to get to w𝔍here I am. But this is just the beginning.”