Leclerc: Max and I put on a great show Austria and Silverstone

Leclerc is Ferrari's future while Verstappen packs the punch for Red Bull and in the hills of Spielberg the pair went for it toe-to-toe in a flurry of super-exciting laps with the blue car muscling to the front to claim a famous at the expense of the red one.

Round one to Verstappen.

While the Monaco Kid reeled from the venom of the Dutchman's game but took that as the line-in-the-sand and at Silverstone last time out it was Leclerc who outfought his rival in another frenzy of wheel-to-wheel racing that blew much needed fresh air into the F1 landscape.

Round two to Leclerc.

Speaking ahead of the German Grand Prix weekend, Leclerc told reporters, “With Max in both Austria and Silverstone, we put on a great show. It’s fun to be able to race like this and I hope that there will be more of it in the future, maybe even for the win and for world titles

“Our reference point is the team that’s been out in front since the start of the season, while for me, the target is to get that first Formula 1 win. We are working hard and in recent races, I managed to find a better way of working with the engineers, managing to set up the SF90 in a way that best suits my driving style.

“I think we’ve done a very good job in qualifying and now we must also optimize our race pace, where there is still room for improvement.”

Since Leclerc's arrival at Maranello, his teammate Sebastian Vettel has been hit by a crisis of confidence and is plagued by a growing list of glaring errors, not least his infamous crash last year at Hockenheim while leading the race, under no pressure and with the finish in sight.

But the 21-year-old remains respectful of his ten-year older teammate, “It hasn’t changed since the start of the season. We respect one another and work really well together, regularly swapping information.

"The interest of the team is our number one priority but of course we are racing drivers and we always try and beat one another. We are in Formula 1 and it’s normal that should be the case.”

With regards to the Hockenheim weekend, Leclerc said, "This is a special weekend for me because I’ll be able to spend a bit of time with my brother. Today, for example, we did the track walk together and I hope this weekend he can show what he is capable of."

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