Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon argue over whether Lewis Hamilton is the F1 GOAT

Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher are the joint most successful Formula 1 drivers in the history of the sport when it comes to World Championships, as they have both won seven, and at this point Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon will be dreaming of just winning one.

These two legends of the sport are always among the conversation of who the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) is in the sport of F1 with other names like Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen, Juan Manuel Fangio and Ayrton Senna.

Now, the pair of Haas drivers, Bearman and Ocon, have now given their opinions on the question of who the GOAT of F1 is as they spoke exclusively to SPORTbible.

The British driver and the French driver did not agree on who is the best F1 driver of all time.

Lewis Hamilton

Ocon said: “No one has achieved what Lewis [Hamilton] has achieved. So obviously, you know, he's one of the best ever. But it's difficult to compare all the eras.

“So, he is one of the top guys, that's for sure.

“You know, I grew up with watching Michael [Schumacher], who was my hero and the one who gave me the love for the sport, and, you know, it's difficult to compare, you know, Lewis with Michael, for example.

“They've raced at some point at the same time, but not really in the same era, not with the same cars.

“So yeah, you have to rate Lewis as one of the best ever and, for sure, the best ever for the modern era.”

While Bearman agreed with Ocon about the quality of the Ferrari driver, he named a few legends of the sport that could compete for the title, not just Schumacher, selecting one who the majority of F1 fans may never have seen race before.

Bearman said: “I would also go to agree because, like Esteban said, you can't compare, you know. You have the people like Fangio from the very beginning.

“He dominated back then. You have Senna, who's widely regarded as the best. Schumacher as well. Hamilton, Vettel.

“Max [Verstappen], even, of nowadays. I think they all had their times when they were the best. You can't compare, you know.

“Fangio, probably if you put him in a current car, he would be nowhere near us, but if we tried to drive his car, we would be nowhere near him, you know? That's for sure.

“Nowhere, nowhere even close, so of his era, I think he is definitely the best.”