Whether Fernando Alonso, Sergio Perez or Pierre Gasly: Esteban Ocon has already experienced numerous teammates during his Formula 1 career. But Oliver Bearman, with whom Ocon drives together at Haas this season, apparently surpasses all of his previous predecessors.
“We both have a piece of the same passion,” reveals Ocon to Motorsport.com, a sister platform from Motorsport-Total.com in Motorsport Network. “Only that he is a hooligan! Because he is young and is experiencing a lot …”
The Frenchman, among other things, alludes to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Haas celebrated the ten-year Formula 1 existence. “[Dort] We had this competition who brought back the biggest slick tire after the run, “grins Ocon.
Ocon adds: “It was pretty funny”
The winner? Oliver Bearman, whose burnout show even became an internet hype. “He just found out how he can outsmart the gear computer,” reveals Ocon. “He brought the rear wheels into the seventh gear while he was only 30 km/h.”
“I would never have had the courage to do something like that,” admits the Haas pilot, but also admits: “Even if you drive 30, but the rear wheels 280, the car can do crazy things. It was pretty funny to see it all!”
The relationship between the two Haas teammates seems great, although there was even an internal team in Silverstone. After the race, team boss Ayao Komatsu and the two drivers sat together immediately.
Haas colleagues “directly and honestly with each other”
The incident was also not discussed in the media. “I didn’t think about that, but that’s actually a good point,” said Ocon when he was asked if it was surprising that the collision in Silverstone was not escalating as similar situations before with Gasly or Perez.
“This is because we deal with each other very directly and honestly,” believes the Frenchman. Because immediately after the race, people talked about the different conditions: “What we could have done better to avoid this scenario where we should have been more careful and where the curve.”
“That didn’t change anything at the base. We only learned a little more about what to do in such situations,” reveals the Haas pilot. “It didn’t change the relationship I have with Ollie. With him, I probably have the best relationship between all the teammates I have ever had.”
“We get along really great, and it is nice to have such an atmosphere in the team and on the track. Even with the team boss, because sometimes it can happen that a team boss has been quite detached from what happens in the engineering room. Everyone is united with us.”