Max Verstappen’s declare he would have gained this yr’s world championship in a McLaren or a Ferrari has been dismissed by his closest rivals within the factors standings.
McLaren driver Lando Norris, whose possibilities of beating Verstappen to the championship ended final weekend, denied his rival would have gained the title in his automobile.
“In fact I’m going to say no,” he informed Sky. “I do know what Max is able to doing. It relies upon: If there was no Crimson Bull, even I may have gained. If there was no Crimson Bull and Max was not within the Crimson Bull, I might have gained the championship.
“So I don’t imagine it. I do know what Max is able to doing, and I like his confidence, however I can say no matter: I can say he was world champ however I can do that and that, however, not doable.”
McLaren may clinch the constructors’ championship this weekend. Crimson Bull, final yr’s champions, lie third within the standings behind Ferrari.
Charles Leclerc, who’s 84 factors behind Verstappen in his Ferrari, additionally isn’t satisfied his SF-24 was a probably championship-winning automobile.
“Max is a really particular driver and I believe what makes him very particular can also be the boldness that he has,” stated Leclerc. “Nonetheless, I believe it’s very tough to say one thing like that not realizing truly what the automobile is like.”
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“I don’t understand how the Crimson Bull is, I don’t understand how the McLaren is and he doesn’t understand how the Ferrari is,” Leclerc emphasised. “So it’s possibly a little bit of a stretch to say one thing like that.”
Leclerc stated he feels ambivalent about his possibilities of beating Norris to second place within the drivers’ championship. “On the finish, I all the time say the second is the primary of the losers,” he stated. “You by no means actually are excited a couple of second or a 3rd or a fourth place.
“Nonetheless, having stated that, clearly second place in a yr like this could imply rather a lot in a manner as a result of I believe it’s not been a straightforward yr.
“The precedence stays the constructors’. Nonetheless, the second place within the drivers’ can be a pleasant bonus. So it’s not like I don’t care in any respect however it will likely be a superb factor to be ending second after a yr like this.”
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