Force India Friction: Perez and Ocon's 2017 Clashes

Team-mate tension at Force India hit a peak at the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix after a series of on-track tussles between Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez. Whose side are you on?!

[tdusupersport]

guess its the pink color making them aggressive

[silentwolvesnld]

Put max and perez in the red bull and you have the anti ocon racing team 😂

[HarryVerolme]

You know the inner-team battle is real when Liberty Media gives it an entire segment.

[itshitime]

still a better lovestory than twilight

[rakoskar]

5 years later and Esteban didn't change at all

[Djkana]

"I just protect my line" *turns right to force ocon into the wall*

[gregmayled]

Perez being the only Mexican in favour of a wall.

[AreebMAdil]

Ocon fights with Perez
Ocon fights with max
Ocon fights with alonso
Ocon fights with Pierre

There’s one constant theme here

[johanneskreinic]

Perez and Ocon are the new Hamilton and Rosberg

[jms]

Just think about the amount of points they lost and the amount of money too. In Baku ocon finished 6th and Perez didnt score points, it could have been 2nd and 3rd

[NoTimename]

Imagine Kvyat and Maldonado in the same team

[BasBastiaansen]

Force india have build an amazing car this year, but their drivers are fucking it up.

[Thebassist]

Imagine those 2 fighting for the championship. Every race would be material for a whole Netflix chapter 😝

[kimiraikonnen]

What the f*** is this Force India guy's doing?

[TrapperzGoesWubWub]

Force India were a really good team this year, proper underdogs scoring consistent points. The last thing they need is a petty driver rivalry where they can't stop crashing into each other. good move by the bosses to intervene.

[matthewboxberger]

Man I just think these accidents illustrate how difficult it is to race cleanly in cars the size of tanks

[ThePurpleGoose]

And now in 2022 we have Ocon back in pink and battling his teammate again. Here's to hoping it stays as clean as it was in Saudi Arabia, I would take more battles like that any day.

[pixelsam]

"That's just how not professional he is, he hasn't done that with any other teammates"
Speak for yourself Ocon. That's literally the definition of projecting insecurities.

[itspedrolo]

Now, five years later, Ocon fights Alonso both also in pink colours. Jeddah 2022.

[guillermomartinez]

And today they share a podium on Sakhir 2020.