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Ocon-Verstappen spat shines a light on future F1 rivalries

“You guys like the drama, don’t you? Like two weeks after…” Max Verstappen’s opening comment in Thursday’s FIA press conference was really a rhetorical question. Yes, we like drama. We like rivalries. We like spats. Even a fortnight later, we’re all still talking about it. The nature of Verstappen’s tete-a-tete with Esteban Ocon both on- and off-track in Brazil meant it had to be the starting point for Thursday’s press conference at the Yas Marina Circuit. Wisely, the FIA opted to split the two drivers, placing Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen between them on the seating plan. But it did not stop the 30-minute briefing from being dominated by questions to the two young...
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