Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc has said he won’t deal with world champion Max Verstappen any otherwise from different drivers on the present Components 1 grid.
After the Austrian Grand Prix on the Pink Bull Ring, McLaren questioned Max Verstappen’s racecraft following an incident with Lando Norris whereas they have been battling for the primary place of the race. McLaren workforce boss Andrea Stella instructed that Max Verstappen’s maneuvers within the braking zone stemmed from his aggressive defensive strikes through the 2021 Components 1 championship, which went unpunished.
Haas Components 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg emphasised that drivers want to concentrate on their rivals’ ways and incorporate that information into their technique and calculations. Regardless of his in depth historical past racing towards Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc insists he won’t make exceptions for the three-time Components 1 world champion.
“You get to know the drivers increasingly more. And with Max, he’s most likely the motive force that I do know most on the grid as now we have pushed towards one another from a really very long time, since again in 2010, I feel. roughly how every driver goes to react or battle or defend or assault you. Nonetheless, I don’t battle them in several methods, any of them.”
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc have a wealthy historical past of on-track duels in Components 1, constructing on a rivalry that dates again to their junior days. Though the Monegasque driver has acknowledged that he received’t change his method particularly for Max Verstappen, the Ferrari driver admitted that there are particular situations the place it’s extra prudent to keep away from confrontation.
“I’ll all the time attempt to battle them in the identical approach. It largely depends upon the scenario you might be in, and naturally in case you are preventing for a fifth place within the championship, and Max is 100 factors forward, you may not battle him as exhausting. However when a win is on the desk, I’ll all the time go flat out with whoever I’m preventing with.” – Charles Leclerc concluded.
Jul 14, 2024
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