Max Verstappen agrees with McLaren’s decision
The Dutchman was very happy with the determination they made in Woking not to demote Oscar Piastri to work for the consecration of Lando Norris. The World Cup is boiling in Qatar.
In the red corner, Lando Norris. In the blue corner, Max Verstappen. No, the boxing analogy does not serve to describe the definition of the 76th season of Formula 1 because there are not two contenders, there are three. Although many imagined that the McLaren forces would choose to line up behind Lando Norris (the World Championship leader), finally Oscar Piastri will remain in the fight. The table shows the Englishman with a 24-point advantage over the Dutchman from Red Bull and the Australian. Logic could dictate that, faced with the chance of losing everything, the ideal would be to strengthen the best paint and give orders to support Piastri. However, the one from Melbourne was clear in his attention to the press: “We had a very short debate about that discussion and the answer is no. I have the same points as Max and a decent chance to win if things go my way.” End of the story, the two MCL39s will go for the biggest prize.
In the absence of a teammate to help his cause (Yuki Tsunoda added just 25 points in 20 Grand Prix), for Max the best ally in the final double of Qatar and Abu Dhabi may turn out to be the battle between the papaya boys. “Does it make it difficult for me that McLaren doesn’t choose one of their drivers? No, it’s perfect. I don’t think you can do a better job than allowing them to compete as well. Why would you suddenly say that Oscar would no longer be allowed to compete? If they had said that to me, I would have told them to go to hell.. If you are a true winner and a competent driver, you go for it. Even if you’re behind. Otherwise, he could easily be labeled as a number two driver, something that I think Oscar does not want to be,” said the driver who seeks to equal Juan Manuel Fangio’s line with five crowns and be two behind Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.
Regarding the definition and his greatest chances after the McLaren’s exclusion from Las Vegas, Verstappen said: “I know that I am tied in points with Oscar. There is still a lot to do, but I think it should be like this, that they have freedom to compete and hopefully we can put up a great battle until the end. It is definitely a better opportunity than there was before, so we took advantage of it,” he said. Although he knows that his chances do not depend on him alone. “YOEven if he won everything, he would still need a little luck. We’ll see how it goes. For us, nothing changes. Let’s go with everything. “We have nothing to lose.”hill. Therein lies for the McLarens that Verstappen is a tremendous threat, he has nothing to lose and nothing to prove, quite the opposite of what happens on the Woking side.
