F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen on Lewis Hamilton - ‘When you’re 37 years old - he does learn!’
Verstappen was replying to a subtle dig from Hamilton, made ༒after the F1 British Grand🌸 Prix. Hamilton did not name his rival but was clearly referring to Verstappen when he praised Charles Leclerc’s “sensible” driving “after wh🤪at I experienced last year”.
Hamilton𒆙 was criticising Verstappen’s driving style afꦓter they collided at last year’s Silverstone - the Dutchman crashed out, and the Brit won the race.
Verstappen has now responded: “I think it’s great that, when you’re 37 🌃years old, at some point you understand how to get to an apex.”
“🎶He does learn, so that’s positive for the younger drivers: when you’re 37 you still stay always learning!
“You can clearly see it in the images, of course. Charles gave him less space t🤪han I did last year, so that says enough. Moreover, he received a penalty last year⭕, so you should not talk about that.”
F1 has veered from Silverstone, Hamilton’s home race, to the Red Bull Ring🌳, where Verstappen can 🐼count on major support.
Verstappen was booed at the British Grand Prix and has now said about the reception Hamilton will gꩲet in Austria: “He has to live with it himself.
“I think it’s a bitꦉ clumsy but, in🎀 the end, it has nothing to do with my performance. I have to focus on what we’re doing here.
“I think we’re doing quಞite well this year, so we’ll keep working on🔴 that.”
After the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen and♐ Hamilton’s rivalry did not reignite in the early stages of 2022, largely due to Mercedes’ porpoising problems.
But the old ri▨vals have suddenly crossed paths again.
Hamilton lit the fuse, after finishing third at Silverstone, by telli𓄧ng Sky about his battle with Charle♛s Leclerc: “Charles did a great job, what a great battle.
“He is a very sensible driver - clearly very differen𒁏t to what I experienced last year.
“At Copse for example, the two of us🦋 went through there, no problem.”
It was an 🅷obviousꦅ reference to when he bumped into Verstappen a year earlier.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner then waded in by claiming that Mercedes madℱe a mistake at Silverstone with Hamilton’s tyres, allowing Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to win.
"It f𝕴elt like they [Ferrari] have maybe been let off 💜the hook there,” Horner said.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Hamilton laughed out l🌠oud in response🌌 to Horner, and said: “I🎉 don’t really care! I don’t pay much attention to what💎 is said by that guy.”
Jam✃es was a sports journalist at Sky Sports ♓for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
