维斯塔潘戏称里卡多选择他是明智之举："他是个聪明人选择了我"
维斯塔潘开玩笑称前红牛队友里卡多选择他参加未来勒芒24小时耐力赛的潜在三人组是明智的。里卡多自2024年离开红牛车队加入其姐妹车队小红牛后，就没有参加过任何赛车系列赛。
马克斯·维斯塔潘戏谑丹尼尔·里卡多对勒芒的雄心："他是个明智的人，选了我！"
维斯塔潘的前红牛车队队友在梦中列出了一份参加勒芒24小时耐力赛的阵容，提到了这位荷兰人
丹尼尔·里卡多，第三车手，红牛车队，马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队
马克斯·维斯塔潘开玩笑说，前红牛车队队友丹尼尔·里卡多选择他是明智的，因为有可能组成一个三人组参加未来的勒芒24小时耐力赛。
里卡多自从第二次离开F1，在2024年为红牛的姐妹车队小红牛车队参赛后，就没有参加过任何赛车系列赛。
然而，在接受Beyond the Grid播客采访时，这位澳大利亚赛车冠军表示，他可能会被参加未来在法国La Circuit de la Sarthe周围举办的24小时耐力赛的邀请所吸引，并提到了维斯塔潘和另一位前红牛车队队友塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔作为他梦寐以求的车队阵容。
当被问及他会选择谁作为搭档时，里卡多回答说：“我不想给他施加压力，但显然，马克斯的名字会排在名单的前列。”
“我们在2018年当然讨论过红牛，以及如果怎样，如果怎样；我试图在职业生涯结束时报复车队，所以这可能是一种我们可以给人们他们想要的东西的方式。”
维斯塔潘之前提到过有朝一日想在勒芒赛道参赛，他已经将F1的优先事项与GT赛事的参赛相结合，今年参加了纽博格林24小时耐力赛和波特马奥的GT世界挑战赛决赛。
在周末的墨西哥城大奖赛之前，关于里卡多的评论，维斯塔潘回答说：“他是个聪明人，选择了我来驾驶这辆车。”
“但我们还得看看。这取决于很多因素。对我来说，如果我想这么做，我想做得很好，做好充分的准备。”
“目前我做不到这一点。我没有足够的时间来投入到勒芒项目中，因为我还在做其他 Formula 1 之外的事情。”
里卡多表示勒芒可能成为选项，这是他首次公开表达想要重返赛车场，尽管维斯塔潘透露这个消息对他来说并不新鲜，因为他已经和里卡多沟通过。
“是的，我们已经谈过了，”这位四次世界冠军确认。
“但我也认为，无论是从我的角度还是他的角度，我认为我们都不是那种总是需要分享一切的人。我们在幕后讨论了很多事情。”
“我想他自己也这么说了。他并不认为自己会整个赛季都回来，但单场比赛对他来说可能很有兴趣。为什么不呢？但再次强调，如果我们要做这样的事情，他肯定会同意这需要是合适的。这需要是为了赢得比赛的机会。
“要想在整赛季都在做这件事的人面前赢得比赛，你需要准备得非常充分。你只需要找到正确的时机。”
英文原文
Max Verstappen jokes about Daniel Ricciardo's Le Mans ambition: "He's a smart man picking me!"
Verstappen's former Red Bull team-mate named the Dutchman in a dream line-up for a tilt at the Le Mans 24 Hours
Daniel Ricciardo, Third Driver, Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Max Verstappen has joked that former Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo is a "smart man" for picking him in a potential trio for a future Le Mans 24 Hour challenge.
Ricciardo has not taken part in any racing series since leaving F1 for the second time having raced for Red Bull's sister RB squad in 2024.
However, speaking on the Beyond the Grid podcast, the Australian race winner suggested that he would be tempted to take part in a future edition of the 24-hour race around La Circuit de la Sarthe in France, highlighting Verstappen and another former Red Bull team-mate in Sebastian Vettel as a dream line-up.
“I don’t want to put pressure on him, but obviously Max is a name that would be high on the list," replied Ricciardo when asked who he would choose for a partnership.
"We talked about Red Bull obviously in 2018, and what if, and what if; I was trying to get back at the team at the end of my career, so maybe that’s a way that we could give the people what they want."
Verstappen has previously mentioned a desire to one day compete at Le Mans and has dovetailed his F1 priorities with outings in GT racing, taking part in this year's Nurburgring 24 Hours and the GT World Challenge finale at Portimao.
Asked ahead of this weekend's Mexico City GP about Ricciardo's comments, Verstappen replied: "He's a smart man to choose me in the car.
"But we have to see. It just depends on a lot of things. Also for me, if I want to do it, I want to do it properly with really good prep.
"At the moment I cannot do that. I don't have the free time to dedicate to a Le Mans project with all the other things that I'm also doing outside of Formula 1."
Ricciardo's suggestion that Le Mans could be on the table is the first time he has revealed a desire to get back into a race car publicly, though Verstappen revealed that the news was "not new to me" having conversed with Ricciardo.
"Yeah, we have spoken," confirmed the four-time world champion.
"But also, I think either from my side or his side, I don't think we are the types that always need to share everything. We talk about a lot of things in the background.
"I think he said it himself. He doesn't see himself coming back for a whole season but the one-offs can interest him. Why not? But again, I think if we do something like that, he will for sure agree that it needs to be proper. It needs to be for a chance to win.
"For a chance to win against people that do it a whole season, you need to be prepared really well. You just need to find the right timing."
Motorsport.com ·
内容来自公开信源，聚合内容版权归原作者与来源所有。