The Dutch Max Verstappen He assured that he has “never” been a “bad teammate” and turned the page on the controversial end of the Brazilian Grand Prixwhere he ignored Red Bull’s orders and did not give up his position on the last lap to his teammate Sergio ‘Checo’ Perezwhich left the man from Guadalajara tied on points with the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) in second position in the World Cup.
It’s not about position, it doesn’t matter if it’s first, second, fifth, seventh or tenth; It was about something that happened earlier in the season, and I already explained that in Mexico, and the team understood and agreed.”
said the Dutchman in the run-up to the Abu Dhabi GP, which closes the season this weekend at the Yas Marina circuit.
“I’ve never been a bad teammate to anyone, I’ve always been very helpful and the team knows that I always put the team first, because at the end of the day it’s a team effort, so yeah, I think what we learned from that is that we have to be a little more open and communicate better with each other”, he added in statements collected on the official website of the Formula 1.
The defending champion added, as Red Bull admitted in a statement on Thursday, that he was not aware of any possible change in position to help his teammate ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
We went to Brazil and I thought we were going to compete and try to get the best possible result, and we had a little bit of a miscommunication on Saturday and Sunday; They hadn’t told me anything about a possible change or whatever. Only in the last lap it was said on the radio, and I think they should have known my answer by now because of what I said the week before.”
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Verstappen assured that he is “very excited to see the battle” between Leclerc and Pérez for second position.
As a team we have never finished first and second so if we could achieve that that would be amazing, and for sure if the opportunity is there to help as a team we will do that.”
Verstappen added regarding giving up the position in Abu Dhabi.
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