I don't think the team aspect is as much about the two drivers who are on the same team as it is about the rest of the crew. The two drivers generally share mos

I don't think the team aspect is as much about the two drivers who are on the same team as it is about the rest of the crew. The two drivers generally share most of the other personnel on a team, but even with the same car and the same crew, one driver on the team usually out-performs the other consistently. In some cases, especially as the season matures, one of the drivers becomes a support driver and will sacrifice his own race outcome to benefit the teammate with a better championship total, but it doesn't come into play all that often. Even when Botas let Hamilton by during a race last year because Hamilton might have had a better chance of catching the Ferrari ahead, Hamilton gave him the spot back after being unsuccessful, rather than taking the higher point finish for himself while he was battling the Ferrari for championship lead. So while they will cooperate if they can increase the overall team position, they try hard not to just hand position over to a team mate to benefit the individual championship points total. That kind of collusion would be heavily criticized even though probably not illegal under current rules.