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Originally Posted by Artemis
Valid point. Remember the tight atmosphere at Mercedes in 2016 because both Hamilton and Rosberg were capable of winning the WDC. Niki Lauda talked about that situation in an interview: see 03:38 - 08:49 here.
But also approach the idea of hiring Leclerc from the Marko/Horner perspective: hiring Leclerc implies that he becomes unavailable for another competing team to threaten them for WDC and WCC. All teams want Leclerc.
And as regards the VER-LEC interaction and the risk of "just an inshident": Verstappen will be more challenged with Leclerc as team mate than with Perez, it will whet his extraordinary racing appetite even more. As Verstappen's current race results demonstrate, he doesn't need a 'team mate servant' to achieve top results for WDC and WCC.
But anyways, IMHO there's a bigger chance that Norris will replace Perez rather than Leclerc. On a personal level Norris and Verstappen are good friends also spending free time together. And Leclerc has closer ties to Ferrari. Rumor has it that Ferrari keeps Leclerc as their nr. 1 driver in the Leclerc-Sainz pecking order because of a rumored contract clause allowing Leclerc to leave Ferrari if certain results are not achieved. |
Yeah . It was just an inSHEdent
