Dan Ticktum has always been an outspoken driver. His outspokenness has gotten him into trouble on numerous occasions, yet the former Red Bull Academy driver continues to deliver remarkable quotes. In the run-up to the Berlin ePrix, the Briton once again had some interesting comments, this time about Formula 1.

The drivers of Formula E - the electric series in which Ticktum is currently driving - are not inferior to their colleagues in Formula 1, he told The Independent. "I think pretty much every driver bar a couple could easily be in Formula 1. Obviously, a lot of them have been there and should have been for longer."

Ticktum cited the 'pay driver' during the interview; a driver who pays an F1 team for a seat. In the past, smaller teams used this. This phenomenon has since disappeared from Formula 1. Nevertheless, he says: "When you get to this level, we’re all let’s say above 99% of the most talented, but if someone turns up who’s 98.7% with £10m, then that helps, and they can probably do more or less as good a job as the guy that he’s booted out."

According to Ticktum, Formula E is one of the few categories in the world where all drivers are paid. The Briton believes this fact says enough about the strength of the FE. "There’s a fair few Formula 1 drivers who I don’t think should be there, and I think there are other drivers in Formula E who should be there instead."