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Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc could be set for a feisty rivalry this year due to their history with each other, says Anthony Davidson.

But although there was no love lost between the duo dating back to their karting days, when Leclerc says he and the World Champion “couldn’t stand each other”, Davidson believes a more recent event provides fuel as far as the Ferrari driver is concerned.

That occurred in the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix in which Leclerc, who had started on pole, was seeking a first F1 win but was passed for victory by Verstappen with a contentious but legal move on lap 69 of 71.

This season, they duelled again – cleanly – in the opening Bahrain Grand Prix won by Leclerc, who looked set to come out on top even when Verstappen was forced to retire in the closing stages having been running second.

Early indications are that if the Red Bull racer is to find himself in a scrap for World Championship supremacy again this year, as he did last season with Lewis Hamilton, it could be with Leclerc – at least for as long as Mercedes are struggling to match their rivals’ pace.

Sky F1 broadcaster Davidson thinks Leclerc has never “forgiven” Verstappen for the lunge in