Felipe Massa reveals why Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen shouldn’t be teammates

Ex-World champion Felipe Massa revealed the underlying issue about pairing up Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

Felipe Massa reveals why Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen shouldn’t be teammates

Max Verstappen, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton (images via IMAGO)

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has been dominating this season, and the driver has the trajectory to potentially match Lewis Hamilton‘s records within Formula 1. Lewis Hamilton is the predecessor of Verstappen’s dominance. Hamilton amassed seven world championships before Verstappen took over the world championship winning streak.

Verstappen has garnered 17 total race wins out of the total 20 races this season. Lewis Hamilton has been facing a winless streak for the past two seasons and hence has not been regarded at the same dominant level as Verstappen.

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Felipe Massa, Ex-world champion has revealed some facts that explained why the two dominators couldn’t be paired up with each other. He claimed that it is difficult to pair them up together as there needs to be two drivers who work well with the team.

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That’s really hard, because at the end, you need to have two drivers that work well with the team.
Massa said in Track Limits podcast. (H&T: planetf1.com).

Subsequently, he insisted that both the drivers wouldn’t work well together. Both the drivers would ultimately fight each other for the victory and hurt their relationship with each other and even with the team. 

It would not work because in the end they would fight, they would destroy the relationship, they would destroy the team and it would not work.

Felipe Massa talks about Lando Norris as a potential teammate to Max Verstappen

The team will surely look for alternatives in case of the same performance from Sergio Perez in the next season. Felipe Massa exclaimed that Lando Norris just might be the perfect match for the Red Bulls. The 42-year-old claimed that both the drivers have the same mindset for winning races.

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO).

However, The Brazilian showcased uncertainty over the pair-up between the Dutchman and Norris. Regardless, Massa added that he loved seeing both the drivers race each other over the track. Both of them cannot be teammates anytime soon as Norris has a contract with McLaren till 2025.

Max Verstappen is undoubtedly performing like one of the best drivers in Formula 1, and we are all witnessing the creation of history. Some records from Verstappen might take decades to break or match and that in itself is one of the greatest achievements ever. Hence, there is no need to compare both drivers to each other.

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