The Internet is always on the prowl for big events and incidents to poke fun at. Now, the Formula One sub-section of the Internet has found its newest muse. To be precise, the incident between Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen during the 2018 Brazilian GP.
The incident itself was nothing to write home about, Ocon tried to unlap himself by passing Max. However, he got it all wrong and a few moments later, the Red Bull and the Force India were pirouetting at the Senna S. Verstappen was able to recover and rejoin the race but the damage was done. A gleeful Lewis Hamilton needed no second invitation and took the lead and subsequent win.
Ocon was later penalised for the crash and was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty. However, Verstappen wasn’t finished with the Frenchman and he angrily confronted him in the weighing area. The shouting quickly turned into a one-sided shoving match with Verstappen being the aggressive one.
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The incident and the subsequent reaction of Max immediately turned into fodder of Facebook pages to turn into memes. Here are some of the best ones:
In that case I would have punched Ocon right in his grinning face pic.twitter.com/iVYWCSdZxn
— Maniachanic (@maniachanic) November 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/Ashei_Kr/status/1061925441286692864
Kimi's cheeky smile when Max called Ocon a p**sy in the post race press conference 😏😂 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/9rnjARUvfZ
— Sander (@S_Lelie94) November 11, 2018
Verstappen serving his penalty #BrazilGP #F1 #Ocon pic.twitter.com/lOSCnDVqgH
— Jaelle (@jaelle85) November 11, 2018
Renault mocking Ocon pic.twitter.com/qkRfuZrQZB
— Alejandro Fandiño 🌈 (@Fandilord) November 12, 2018
Meanwhile… #ocon #Verstappen #BrazilianGP #f1 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/DEmTaensDL
— M Casillas Lazcano (@mcasillaslaz) November 11, 2018
Max Verstappen to Esteban Ocon.#MaxVerstappen #F1 #BrazilGP #MightyMax pic.twitter.com/7q3WqRdUUK
— MightyMax (@Mighty33Max) November 11, 2018
Max just had a Pink Pather for dinner 🤔 #BrazilianGP #F1 @ForceIndiaF1 @redbullracing #ocon #verstappen pic.twitter.com/IkSNjDByZS
— Rudy Evers (@_rudyevers_) November 11, 2018
Thanks Esteban! I owe you big time #BrazilGP #Hamilton #Ocon #Verstappen pic.twitter.com/WoNfyOL1fN
— Meike (@meikeklaassens) November 11, 2018
The stewards room with Ocon and Verstappen later on#BrazilGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/oH2JuBCoCg
— F1 Madness 🏁 (@F1_Madness) November 11, 2018
Verstappen vs Ocon#WTF1 pic.twitter.com/IvUqGNLHoB
— Lukas Hoch (@ich_binsluki) November 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/shanuddin8888/status/1061700585773326338
#F1 Live-beelden van Esteban Ocon op zoek naar de uitgang van het circuit van Interlagos. #RTLGP #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/L5LSb2DR0i
— RTL GP (@RTLGP) November 11, 2018
#brazilf1 #ocon #verstappen #EstebanOcon And the trophy for most stupid driver goes to……….. ocon pic.twitter.com/MKwQtlVN4B
— Rene (@Rene231280) November 11, 2018
Max, Jos and his Dutch gang when they find Ocon lacking #F1 pic.twitter.com/fvZYGC5khx
— Joyeux Ninoël 🎄 (@AfNino) November 11, 2018
#ocon at the paddock seeing #verstappen pic.twitter.com/2jB511uhM6
— Quintine Cleton (@hulpbronnen) November 11, 2018
Ocon avoiding RedBull staff #WTF1 pic.twitter.com/wlBS2DiPvU
— RDG (@RDGGang) November 11, 2018
Scenes later in the paddock when Verstappen and the entire Red Bull camp find Ocon…… pic.twitter.com/2CGkiymxdQ
— Aarav (@_aarava) November 11, 2018
Mercedes later when they see Ocon after he's helped Hamilton to the race lead at Brazil pic.twitter.com/fmBBf9VXjg
— Aarav (@_aarava) November 11, 2018
Toto to Ocon after the race #wtf1 pic.twitter.com/Ei2qF8CMBb
— Matt Ripplinger (@MD_Ripp) November 11, 2018
When Max sees Ocon#WTF1 #BrazilianGP pic.twitter.com/jUsgMUGqVt
— Kelan Reece (@KRL2001) November 11, 2018
Ocon…what were you thinking? 😂 #F1 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/l0J5k0tKoD
— Racingjokes (@racingjokes) November 11, 2018
Exclusive footage of Ocon during training. #GPBrasilF1 #verstappen pic.twitter.com/VhMMUXJT0P
— Jurgen Steenwelle (@JSteenwelle) November 11, 2018
#WTF1 Ocon proving that he could be a better wingman than Bottas pic.twitter.com/5BKWRv0xqd
— nico -53🔞 (@FormulaNico) November 11, 2018
Wtf happened. Ocon is a complete idiot. @wtf1official #WTF1 pic.twitter.com/bvHeqTJvyO
— F1 King 🏎 👑 (@juancho_pablo_s) November 11, 2018
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Ocon. pic.twitter.com/JG5xMcskVX
— Aarav (@_aarava) November 11, 2018
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Verstappen spun out of the GP by Ocon………. pic.twitter.com/q7Si2RvGFf
— Aarav (@_aarava) November 11, 2018
