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Ocon found Verstappen’s F1 promotion “difficult to swallow”
Esteban Ocon admits he found Max Verstappen’s promotion to Formula 1 “difficult to swallow” at the time after beating the Dutchman to the previous year’s European Formula 3 title. Verstappen became the youngest driver in the history of grand prix racing when he made his F1 debut in 2015 with Toro Rosso, while Ocon had to wait another year and a half before he graduated. The pair’s former rivalry throughout karting and single-seater racing was reignited at the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix when Ocon inadvertently took Verstappen out of the lead of the race while attempting to unlap himself.> Reflecting on their rivalry in a column for the official Formula 1 website, Ocon wrote:...
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