Grosjean shuts down idea of equal status at Red Bull

For the first time since Daniel Ricciardo left the team, Verstappen can claim to have a team-mate who is performing well in the Red Bull car.

With his win in Monaco, there was discussion that Sergio Perez was now equal to Verstappen in terms of the team’s hierarchy and this was reinforced by comments made by Christian Horner which stated that the driver who is leading is the driver who gets strategy preference.

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But since the Monaco win, Verstappen has put together a string of two consecutive victories and is now 46 points ahead of his team-mate in the Drivers’ Standings.

Former Haas driver Grosjean has said that he never believed the drivers were on equal ground and that Verstappen was always the driver who would receive the favoured strategy.

“No, Max is the number one and Sergio is number two,” the Frenchman said, as per GPFans.com.

“That is the way Red Bull has always worked and all the radio communications you get in the race, even in Baku, the message to Perez was ‘no fighting’.

“I mean, he was leading the race, why wouldn’t he fight to keep the lead?

“It is very clear at Red Bull and to be fair, Max has done such an incredible job for the team, that it is kind of normal that he has the priority.”

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