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Originally Posted by Sneaky Pete
Good post...one where its not necessary to reduce one drivers brilliance in order to enhance another.
Its true Hamilton in 2007 landed in a front winning team and if McLaren had backed one driver, either of them would have won the Championship.
Alonso was incensed that he didn't get #1 driver status as he felt he deserved (or was actually promised by Ron).
Trying to blackmail Ron Dennis into giving him #1 status in the team was a bad mistake...Alonsos single biggest handicap was his mouth, he just didn't know when to keep it shut all though his career.
I don't think you will ever see Verstappen in any team with a highly talented team mate being allowed to compete on equal terms.
Jos knows from his time with Schumacher at Benneton how a team needs to be set up in order to showcase one driver....and isn't by having a team mate who might turn out to be faster. It wouldn't make any sense to risk Max Verstappen's reputation.
Finally struggling to believe some are still trying to make out that Senna was in some way to blame for his own death.
The team cut and welded the steering column...how much torsional force could one person apply to a steering column that could snap a properly made weld!...seriously?
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Alonso's mouth is by no means a handicap and is an asset to F1. F1 would be boring without Alonso's brash honesty.
I don't doubt one bit that Max is not the least worried about having a team mate who might be faster. I think Hamilton was when Nico retired, thus Bottas.