Verstappen: More future stars than just me and Leclerc

Max Verstappen believes there are more future potential world champions within the current young generation of drivers than simply Charles Leclerc and himself.

This season has been a breakthrough one for Leclerc in his maiden campaign with Ferrari, while Verstappen continues to prove himself as one of the fastest drivers on the grid. After a couple of entertaining duels between the pair in 2019, their rivalry has been predicted to be a highlight of the future of F1.

But he has named others who are capable of glory, too.

“I think it’s not just about Charles and me, there are a few good ones,” he told Sport Bild.

“Lando Norris is very talented, he is really good. Maybe George Russell but hard to judge in Williams.

“At the end of the day, several of this generation will fight for the title when the elders quit.”

When pressed on speculation about his future, Verstappen was asked to pick his favourite colour, and then between silver and red, with reference to Mercedes and Ferrari.

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“Blue,” he responded when asked what colour he would paint his living room.

“That’s my favourite color.”

Then told ‘blue is sold out’, he replied:

“Then I would take silver.

“But that has nothing to do with Mercedes or Ferrari, silver just looks better on a wall than red. I know the rumours and the speculation, but they really don’t affect me at all.

“I know what I have to do at the end of the day: I have to drive as fast as I can. That’s what I enjoy.

“Whatever comes from the outside, nothing bothers me.”

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