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Szafnauer sings Ocon's praises

While his nine outings for Manor at the end of 2016 hardly set the world alight, Esteban's full season with Force India in 2017 was entirely different. While it would be presumptuous to suggest that the lanky youngster is France's best hope for F1 success since Alain Prost, the fact is that he is clearly very good. He came, he saw and he clearly ruffled Sergio Perez' feathers, the Mexican having to use every trick in the book - and then some - to fend off the ever improving youngster. Force India's chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer is almost gushing in his praise of Ocon, claiming that the youngster has the potential to be just as good as Max Verstappen who he beat to the Euro F3...
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