Verstappen on possible team change: 'Then you can do that almost every race'
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- Nicole Mulder
Recently, Max Verstappen was clear: as long as Red Bull Racing continues to give him the fastest Formula 1 car, he sees no reason to leave the team. So does this mean he wants to leave as soon as another F1 team is faster? That's not quite how it works, the Dutchman replied when asked.
Verstappen wants the fastest car
Since the Miami Grand Prix, McLaren has come dangerously close. Lando Norris, in particular, managed to pose a threat to Verstappen in Imola, after winning his first race in Miami. In Monaco, Verstappen was asked whether he might now consider a switch to McLaren.
Although the question may have been met with some scepticism, Verstappen addressed it seriously: "It doesn't work like that, I think we still have a very fast car and if you look at the average of the season so far I think we do have the fastest car otherwise you're not leading the championship," replied the three-time world champion.
"I’m happy where I'm at, there's so much investment going on as well with the engine side of things and I'm happy, we just need to keep on working and keep on trying to improve our package but that's the only thing that I'm thinking about at the moment. I think if you start thinking like that you can almost change at one point every single race if you want to change to another team or whatever but it's not on my mind.," Verstappen said.
This article was written in collaboration with Sophia Crothall.