Will Ferrari Follow Red Bull's Use Of Team Orders?
Red Bull used team orders in just the sixth race of the season in Spain to keep Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez from fighting for position. Max is engaged in a close battle for the championship with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who has now given his thoughts on team orders while speaking to Racing News 365 Link to poll: • Post 0:00 - Leclerc Does Not Want Team Orders Like Red Bull 1:01 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Leclerc Does Not Want Team Orders Like Red Bull Leclerc started off by pointing out that Red Bull resorted to team orders quite early in the season “Red Bull have made it clear, what their intentions are. And they did it very early in the season” He then clarified that he does not want to rely on a similar tactic “Concerning us, I haven’t spoken about it with Mattia, and I haven’t heard anything about it” “I will definitely not be the one making those types of decisions” “I don’t want to rely on that either” He signed off by explaining why “I just want to do the job in the car. We have already shown that we can win races anyway” “If we do a strong enough job, then I’m pretty sure that the chances are there anyway” Fast Feed Max Verstappen admitted that “in Monaco it is all about that one lap” [Sky Sports] “But at the end its very early on in the season so I am pretty relaxed at the moment” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff doesn’t understand “all the fuss that is made about [their] team” [Speedweek] “I can only laugh at that. All that matters to me is that George [Russell] and Lewis [Hamilton] are pushing each other” Former F1 driver turned pundit Jolyon Palmer pointed out that “[Ferrari team principal Mattia] Binotto has said thus far he’d let his duo race it out” [F1] “But with the way both are driving at the moment, it’s tough to see anything other than Leclerc being their championship challenger" "Surely it would be foolish to let Sainz take points off him?" Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz “can only admire [teammate Charles Leclerc]” [Mundo Deportivo] “And in some aspects copy and in others try to put it a little more to my liking to be faster” Alpine’s Fernando Alonso stated that “there’s still always the hope that one year you will have the package and you will have all the things together to fight for the championship” [Sky Sports] “That’s why I keep racing. I still feel competitive and fast” Will Ferrari eventually also resort to team orders?