The two pre-season tests have officially concluded and all teams are looking forward to the first race. Following the second pre-season test, Renault driver Esteban Ocon was in an interview when an amusing incident occured.

As it turned out, one of the cameramen had a small coughing fit midway through one his answers. The Frenchman stopped the interview and jokingly asked if he contracted the dreaded coronavirus. On a more serious note, he asked the cameraman if he was feeling okay.

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This season, Esteban Ocon partners Daniel Ricciardo at Renault. However, the Australian driver has warned his younger teammate against indulging in intra-team rivalries.

Both Ricciardo and Ocon are no strangers to intra-team clashes, with Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen respectively. Ocon raced in Formula 1 from mid 2016 to the end of 2018. After a stint with Manor, he moved to Force India alongside Perez.

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Unfortunately, he and Perez often clashed with each other several times. It even got to a stage where the team forbade them from racing each other.

With this in mind, Daniel Ricciardo has urged Ocon to put the team first above his own selfish desires. Admittedly, Ricciardo is one to talk because he has also clashed with Max Verstappen when they were teammates at Red Bull.

Interestingly, Ricciardo likened Ocon’s arrival at Renault to Verstappen’s arrival at Red Bull in 2016. However, the 30-year old is determined to show Esteban Ocon who is the boss.

“I had a bit of a taste at Red Bull when Max came in as the hot new property and me being the established guy, so it’s not new to me,” he said.

“I know if he starts beating me, that becomes the narrative, but I’m not looking into that too much. Until he starts beating me, I have every opportunity to beat him, so I’m going to do what I can to make sure I’m the one.”

This will be an important season for Renault as they hunt for 4th place in the championship. Renault’s biggest rivals are McLaren who took Best of the Rest honours.