Esteban Ocon: I believe I will get my chance

      Esteban Ocon belongs to the same generation of drivers as Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, but his career was less successful. Although he has a victory and four podiums to his credit, but this is in 10 seasons in Formula 1.

      Sainz won four races and finished in the top three 27 times in about the same period, while Max Verstappen became a four-time world champion.

      According to Esteban, he has never owned a car that would consistently allow him to compete for high results, but he still hopes that his time will come. Since this year, Okon has been driving for Haas F1, after nine stages of the season he has 20 points, and he takes 10th place in the individual championship standings.

      "When I look at other racers of my generation, at some point they all had the opportunity to drive a car that allowed them to fight for victories," he said in an interview with RacinNews365, "unlike me, and it's frustrating. I don't want to say that they had such cars throughout the season, but at some point they regularly qualified for the finals and regularly finished in the top five.

      I'm probably the only one who has never had a real chance to pilot such machines, but I believe that I can show better results – with the right approach to work and considering how much I demand of myself. With the amount of work that I do at the team base, working on the simulator, communicating with the engineers and trying to do a good job on the track, someday everything will definitely work out.

      You've seen this with other drivers – just think of Jenson Button, and the same can be said about Carlos Sainz. When he was younger, he got the chance to become a Ferrari driver, although it did not seem at all that he would have such an opportunity. I believe I'll get my chance too, otherwise I wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be making such an effort.

      It's not bad that I'm fighting in the middle of the peloton right now, but my goal is to fight for wins, pole positions, and in the future for world titles, or at least one. But we're not at that level yet, and in every race we have to do our best just to score points."