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“But Ferrari on the other hand… then I think 49 per cent is even low,” he added. “Suppose it is immediately 2028, then Max has been in Red Bull service since 2015. One year at Toro Rosso and the rest at Red Bull. Then you have been with the same team for more than fifteen years. Can it be something else? Well, maybe even before then.

“As a driver you always want to have raced at Ferrari. You want two things: make it to Formula One and you want to drive for Ferrari. If you have driven for Ferrari as a Formula One driver, then it comes full circle. Then Everything is done. Been successful. I know you don’t want to be in Ferrari now, I understand that, but just look: all champions go to Ferrari.

“Then it is often just nothing, except in the Michael Schumacher era of course, but with Sebastian Vettel it is like nothing turned out, Jean Alesi just got nothing… As a driver you just want to have driven in that car. That’s just a dream. It’s in the head of every kart driver.”