Overview
- Luca di Montezemolo said Max Verstappen is by far the top driver on the current grid and stated he would recruit him without hesitation if he still ran Ferrari.
- He praised the former Ferrari pairing of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc as a very good combination, hinting he would have retained Sainz.
- He declined to reference Lewis Hamilton or team principal Frédéric Vasseur, with context noting Hamilton has yet to take a podium for Ferrari this season while Sainz scored third for Williams in Baku as Verstappen won.
- Montezemolo expressed satisfaction with Mattia Binotto’s work leading Audi’s F1 project and noted the focus on rookie Gabriel Bortoleto as an investment in the future.
- The remarks were made at the London premiere of the documentary 'Luca: Seeing Red,' attended by F1 figures including Stefano Domenicali, Mattia Binotto, Andrea Stella, Adrian Newey, Lawrence Stroll and Bernie Ecclestone.