Esteban Ocon is having a great season. The French driver has consistently performed for his team and has not brought points on just 4 occasions out of the 16 this year so far. Ocon won the race in Hungary last year and since then, he is on top of his game. Packed up with self-morale, he made up a bold claim about himself, to which he got an epic reply.

Ocon’s relationship with Fernando Alonso has flourished over time. Frenchman’s Hungarian GP win was possible with Alonso’s help. Ocon returned the favor by supporting the Spaniard at Qatar Grand Prix.

In light of all this, while talking to Motorsport.com, Esteban Ocon made a very controversial claim, which went viral and created a fuss. He said, “If I look at Fernando’s career, the only teammate at his level was Lewis. Everyone else has not done better than me.” (translated using Google)

Many former teammates of Fernando Alonso would have noticed the comment, but one choose to respond to the Frenchman. Jenson Button, one of Alonso’s championship-winning teammates, did not agree with Esteban Ocon’s Bold claim.

Replying to Autosport’s tweet, surrounding Econ’s claim, he wrote, “I will have to disagree.”

Back in 2015, Mclaren finalized their driver line-up by putting Jenson Button and Alonso together. Jenson ended 5 points ahead of Alonso in 2015, although the Spaniard turned the tables around in the following season.

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The head-to-head list states that the alpine driver started 25 times ahead of Button at the starting grid, whereas the latter only started ahead 14 times. The ex-teammates shared an enamored relationship both on and off the grid.

Twitter F1 went into a frenzy after Jenson Button reacted to Esteban Ocon

A while back, Alonso entitled Jenson Button as his “best” teammate. This alone was reason enough for Button to disagree with Esteban Ocon. However, after seeing the 2009 world champion’s comment, Twitter came to back him up.

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As he currently stands in P8, Team Alpine would be satisfied with Esteban Ocon’s efforts. As things stand, the Spanish veteran is 7 points behind Ocon, who would look to overtake Mclaren’s Lando Norris in P7, by diminishing his 22 points lead over the next six races. Do you think the Frenchman can pull a surprise victory this season like he did last year?