Red Bull Motorsport Advisor Helmut Marko has insisted the heated relationship between F1 World Champions Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost as teammates prove it is better to have a clear hierarchy between drivers.
Max Verstappen has dominated F1 since the dawn of a new technical regulatory era last season, setting a new record for most wins in a single campaign with 15 last term before clinching 10 of the first 12 races before the summer break this year.
Teammate Sergio Perez has struggled to match the Dutchman, with his performances hitting a rough patch between the Canadian Grand Prix and F1's visit to Hungary, though he remains second in the Drivers' standings - albeit 125 points down on Verstappen.
With speculation rising over Perez's future during his dip in form, a number of drivers - including AlphaTauri returnee Daniel Ricciardo - were touted as potential superstar teammates for Verstappen.
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With Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton named as potential suitors, Marko told Motorsport-Magazin: "The public, the TV viewers and the journalists will certainly love that.
"But we as team management want success and we want to win the championship - if possible both the Drivers' and Constructors'.
"Then it is better if you have a hierarchy, where it is clear who is the clearly faster number one and who is the number two driver.
"Norris I can still imagine but with Hamilton as a teammate, I have a hard head.
"The whole team atmosphere and our performance should not suffer. In the past, we saw, for example, Senna and Prost, two superstars, who only looked at each other and put the team in second place."
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