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Some former motor racers have said that the current crop of Formula One drivers are far too cozy and far too friendly
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I'm Matt Hardy, CTIM's Deputy Sports editor, and is it time the gloves came off in Formula One
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You know, in the olden days, there was a little bit more driver versus driver, boxing gloves out, that kind of stuff
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A bit more rivalry in the sense that there was a clear display of hatred towards each other
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I agree that it's definitely fizzled out in the way that a lot of us have grown up together
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one of the biggest things you know there's been a generation of 22 to 27 year olds who have
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um all raced each other prior to former one and um and because of that you you get you end up spending
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so much time with them you know i've known most of these drivers since i was 12 years old 30 years old
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we've grown up together we've seen each other more than we have our own families our girlfriends
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so there's an inevitability that you know we've become friendly towards each other and and and also we
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share a very similar mindset. We're all hungry-driven people. Williams Racing's Alex Albon told City A.M. that he could be friends with other
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racers while he's off the track, while being competitive against them on the track
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And he likened this to the relationship between Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic
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who were enemies on the tennis court but who could socialise off it Just like everything I think times change And there no such thing as it can be competitors just like Raphael Nadal and Roger Fedro and all these guys
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They're at the top of their game, but they're still very good friends
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Williams Racing this year is made up of Alex Albon, who races under a tie flag
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and his teammate Logan Sargent, who is American. And the team, much like a married couple, split up the roles as they go around the world
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Alex takes on much of Asia, where he is much more in demand. while Logan Sargent takes up America
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where there are three races this year. But I enjoy it and I obviously having Logan
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as well as a teammate. It's fun to see Logan kind of live his American
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American dream and and fly the eagle. This was one of the positives
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about Logan coming to the team but and to be fair he does do more work than me
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when we're in America but not by much I wouldn't say not by much
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not by enough. I would rather him do more of it still. I pick up the torch when we go to Singapore
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eight Japan. It's interesting. Some people disagree with what Alex said about
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whether drivers can be friendly. Other people agree. It's a case of whether you believe
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that people can turn off their emotions between getting on the track and getting off the track
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Here at Citi-A.M, this is divided the office. So we want to know, can professional athletes still be friends
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once they clock off. Let us know in the comments
