Ocon and Ricciardo: 'Perez deserves a seat in Formula 1'

Esteban Ocon knows Sergio Perez quite well, because of course they drove together for Force India back in 2017 and 2018. With the announced departure of Checo, the team will say goodbye to him after seven years, as Sebastian Vettel takes over his seat in 2021. Perez stated that he would like to stay in the sport. Ocon and Ricciardo hope for the same.

At the press conference, Esteban Ocon says that Sergio Perez has earned a Formula 1 seat and hopes that Checo will stay. Perez is part of the sport and seeing him disappear would not be good. Ricciardo, who was wrong, confirms this by saying that he really appreciates Perez as a person and driver.

Ricciardo also hopes that he will get a seat and although many teams are planned, there are still options. According to the Australian, there is still time to find a place and he wishes the Mexican all the best, according to Motorsport-Total.com.

The decision that was announced to Perez on Wednesday evening came as a bit of a surprise to him, as he had not talked about it with the team before. Ricciardo, however, revealed that he had spoken to Perez on Sunday evening and was already somewhat expecting a decision to follow soon. This decision was announced by Lawrence Stroll on the phone and is unfortunately turns out negative for Perez.