Max Verstappen on Ferrari clashes: "I would never sign two number-one drivers"
"People very often disagree with me, but if I were a team principal – if I had my own team – I would never sign two number-one drivers, because then you get this.
Key points
- When Max Verstappen was asked for his opinion in Brazil, the Red Bull driver indicated that he primarily sees the incident as a consequence of Ferrari’s driver line-up.
- Motorsport photo Although Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Frederic Vasseur spoke to Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on Thursday evening in Sao Paulo to clear the air, an extraordinary amount had already been said and written about the Ferrari clash in Mexico.
- According to Leclerc, the incident in Mexico was largely related to the layout of Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but Verstappen sees it primarily as confirmation of a philosophy he has held for some time – including when thinking from a team principal's perspective.
"If you simply had one clear number one and one clear number two, they would have gone through that corner in first and second, and they would have finished first and second as well.
"If you have a good car, then you don't necessarily need that either, two number-one drivers.
Additional details
- With two captains on one ship, such things are bound to happen, the Dutchman told Viaplay.
- One isn't going to give way to the other, because of course they both think they can win, and that's how I am too.
- The Dutchman recently made that clear once again by referring to the 2023 F1 season, in which his own points tally alone would have been enough to win the constructors' championship.
- As a team, you're still scoring good points," Verstappen said.
- Or maybe first and third, but that's fine too.
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