Charles Leclerc says it’s good for him if Max Verstappen stays as aggressive as doable towards Lando Norris to assist his personal championship possibilities.
Verstappen was given two time penalties for incidents with Norris in Mexico Metropolis, following a penalty for Norris for overtaking Verstappen off monitor in Austin. Leclerc is 71 factors adrift of the championship chief however solely 24 behind Norris and says a danger of incidents between the 2 will increase his probabilities of at the least overhauling the McLaren.
“I welcome Max being as aggressive to Lando as doable as a result of it helps me – at the least it provides me possibilities to be nearer to Lando within the drivers’ championship as a result of it’s nonetheless a battle,” Leclerc stated. “If something, it’s extra a battle, Lando and myself, than with Max that has numerous benefits in factors.
“On my aspect, I don’t take into consideration the drivers’ championship, realistically. I feel first the strategy is to not begin desirous about the drivers’ championship. That doesn’t assist me obtain something extra. It’s by focusing race by race. And greater than that, I simply really feel prefer it’s not in my management whether or not I win the drivers’ championship.
“In fact, there’s a part of it that’s in my management, and if I win all races, that places a lot of the possibilities on my aspect. However even when I do this, I’ve acquired to have Max have very poor weekends and I don’t depend on that, so I’ll simply attempt to do the very best finish of the season, after which we’ll do the maths on the finish of the season.”
With Ferrari having overtaken Purple Bull in Mexico and now simply 29 factors behind McLaren within the constructors’ standings, Leclerc says that’s an ever-more life like title for the staff to win.
“In fact it needs to be our goal, as a result of we don’t have to consider it day by day. And I feel one of the best ways to realize it’s by simply specializing in our personal self and attempting to maximise the bundle of our automotive, which is what we now have completed since two weekends.
“The constructors’ now’s realistically doable. And it depends on us doing effectively greater than others doing one thing mistaken, which I’ve typically stated might be the case for the drivers’ championship.
“For the drivers’ championship I have to do all the pieces proper and I would like loads of unhealthy luck to occur elsewhere. So the constructors’ is unquestionably our essential goal and if we proceed in that type it’s a sensible one.”
