Teammates at a company should help each other when possible but should not feel obligated to make moves that harm their own individual chances of winning.

“I want you to be a good teammate, but I also want all the teammates to understand that at some point in the race, they can't do everything for you. And they need this is all you get all four guys in the room and you say, "All right, be good teammates." when you can be good teammates.”

Having a teammate in the Championship 4 provides data advantages but also forces a driver to share setup information with a direct competitor.

“what it does do from my standpoint, um, it's another data point, you know, I'm going to know what one of my competitors has. Now, the downside is one of my competitors will know what I have when it comes to, you know, more than likely at some point we will run each other setups”