MAX VERSTAPPEN has revealed he prefers his current rivalry with Charles Leclerc to his championship feud with Lewis Hamilton last season. Verstappen and Hamilton, 24 and 37 respectively, took part in a thrilling and heated battle for the Drivers Championship last season which went down to the final race of the campaign. “I think also we are fighting a very well-respected competitor in terms of Ferrari. “When they win a race we can go to them and say well done, and when we win a race they can say well done, and I really respect that.”. Verstappen’s healthy relationship with Ferrari is a far cry from what he has with Mercedes after his controversial title win in Abu Dhabi last December. Unlike Mercedes, Verstappen has the utmost respect for the F1 powerhouse that is Ferrari.

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