There were some nail biting moments for the Red Bull pitwall during the Malaysian Grand Prix as they watched there two drivers, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, battle wheel-to-wheel and word is that they will be allowed to race one another in the future too.
Asked by media ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend if more of the same will be allowed by the team, Verstappen replied, "Yes, for sure. We showed the team we could do it in a very respectful way, and that shows for the future a lot of confidence."
"It was more into Turn 6 I was like, if it was someone else next to me then I would have got the move done, I would have pushed them wide, but it’s your team-mate you can’t."
Asked by journalists if the team should have ordered Ricciardo to let him pass as he was slower and on older tyres, Verstappen said, "No because at the time it was not very clear if Daniel was going to stay out or not.
"Of course the virtual safety car made it clear, OK, now we both pit, before that we were racing for positions. I was definitely going to the end, with Daniel’s car they were not fully sure, so it’s a bit difficult for them to say to Daniel to let me go by."
"You have to see the positive side and I think the whole weekend was very strong. The pace was there, just a bit unfortunate with the last virtual safety car but that’s racing, sometimes it doesn’t go your way. I still have a lot of years ahead of me so I shouldn’t be complaining about this single race," added the Dutch teenager.
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