Max Verstappen on the attack on the topic of second driver

The words of Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen on Viaplay returned to talk about second drivers, starting with what happened with Bottas in the Mercedes days. “Every year you start the season with a clear mind, but after a few races you realize that again it’s not going to happen to beat your partnerand you accept your role. You keep racing, you can get on the podium, win some races, make some pole positions. You just have to accept that the driver next to you is a little bit better. That’s okay, it can happen. It’s important that he accepted it, some drivers can’t do that and then things start to go very bad and then you don’t survive for long.”

“I don’t want to name names,” added the world champion, who in the finale of this 2022 was the protagonist of an internal duel with Sergio Perez, “but you have to accept your role. One cannot live in a world of fairy tales.”

“I could name one. But I’d better not, not yet,” was echoed by Dad Jos, who was also present on the broadcast.