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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Not sure Lewis has number 1 status written into his contract, but there's a reason Bottas is in that seat and not Max Verstappen.
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Absolutely. Just the same reason Hamilton isn’t in the second seat at Red Bull, Vettel isn’t against Max etc.
No team needs, nor wants 2 utterly selfish, completely driven, alpha males competing against each other tearing the team apart.
We’ve seen it before with Prost/ Senna, Hamilton/ alonso....it doesn’t work
Again, there’s a big difference between having number 1 status by contract and number 1 status by talent. One gives the teammate a chance to shine, the other doesnt