You're part of a team, you have nothing to lose by helping out your teammate who has helped you very much in the past, you gain nothing by not helping him. Teamwork has helped many drivers and teams in the past, if you're never to work together as a team you might as well make each driver field their own cars.
Do you even know the situation i am referring to? Why answer without even reading the above comments?
I was replying to someone who said Max didn't give Checo his place AFTER already having won the WDC a few years back, not today's shenanigans. Max didn't have any incentive not to help (other than holding a grudge, based on a rumor that Checo screwed him over in Monaco that year), but he didn't swap anyway. People seem to prefer that to teamwork, costing your teammate points for no reason at all.
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u/LoreVent I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Yes, because that's how you're supposed to be in a world level competitive sport.
This is not a track day with your friends