Leclerc and Norris answer whether Verstappen would be champion with Ferrari or McLaren

Charles Leclerc stated that the declaration of Max Verstappen that he would have won 2024 Formula 1 season title “even sooner” if I had been with a McLaren or a Ferrari It was “an exaggeration”. The Dutchman said this hours after clinching his fourth crown at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, in the context of what he suffered with a Red Bull who started the year dominating.

Those from Woking have been their most constant rival as they improved their car from the Miami Grand Prix onwards, and they dominated several events throughout the campaign. When the champion was asked if he would have also managed to finish first with the replied: “Yes, even before. [Con el Ferrari]more or less the same, and with the Mercedes, no, I think it would have been more complicated.”

The Monegasque was asked about this during the press conference preceding the Qatar Grand Prix, and He said Max Verstappen was 'a very special driver'as well as adding: “I think what makes her special is also the confidence that she has. However, I think it's very difficult to say something like that without really knowing what the confidence is like. car.”

“He's an incredible driver, without a doubt. Whether he made it or not [en el Ferrari]“I don’t know what the Red Bull looks like, what the McLaren looks like, and he doesn’t know what the Ferrari looks like,” Charles Leclerc continued. “So maybe it’s a bit of an exaggeration to say something like that.”

The other main rival that the Dutchman also had in the 2024 Formula 1 season was asked the same question, and Lando Norris He said: “I should have started in comedy or something, you can say whatever you want. Of course I completely disagree, as I would, that's fine, but that’s not true.”

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