Charles Leclerc has given his verdict on Max Verstappen vs Lando Norris battle during the Mexico Grand Prix.
During the race on Sunday, Verstappen and Norris had two incidents following which the Red Bull driver was given 10 seconds penalty each time.
This comes after a penalty for Norris for overtaking Verstappen off track in Austin.
Currently, Leclerc is 3-rd with 291 points, while Norris is second with 315.
Verstappen is leading the standings with 362 points.
“I welcome Max being as aggressive to Lando as possible because it helps me – at least it gives me chances to be closer to Lando in the drivers’ championship because it’s still a fight,” Leclerc said. “If anything, it’s more a fight, Lando and myself, than with Max that has quite a lot of advantages in points.
“On my side, I don’t think about the drivers’ championship, realistically. I think first the approach is not to start thinking about the drivers’ championship. That doesn’t help me achieve anything more. It’s by focusing race by race. And more than that, I just feel like it’s not in my control whether I win the drivers’ championship.
“Of course, there’s part of it that is in my control, and if I win all races, that puts most of the chances on my side. But even if I do that, I’ve got to have Max have very poor weekends and I don’t rely on that, so I’ll just try and do the best possible end of the season, and then we’ll do the math at the end of the season.”
source - Racer