‘You know how it is with Max’ - Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at odds over crash
There were shades of the🐓ir fierce 2021 title battle as Hamilton and Verstappen൲ came together as they fought over second place following an early Safety Car restart.
Verstappen got a run on Hamilton and attempted to sweep around the outs𝓡ide at the Senna Esses, but the pair came to blows as they went side-by-side through Turn 2.
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Two-time world champion Verstappen was slapped with a f♔ive-second time penalty for the collision🌄.
Speaking in parc ferme after recovering to second place behind Mercedes teammate George Russell, Hamilton was asked what he made♈ of the incident.
“What can I sa﷽y? You know how it is with Max,” Hamilton replied.
The seven-time w🤡orld champion reacted angrily to the contact during the race, telling his race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington: “That was no racing incident, mate.”
Hamilton was again pressed on the c🍸lash with Verstappen in the post-r𝓀ace press conference.
Asked if he is concerꦇned that Verstappen may have a problem with him given the amount of times they have clashed, Hamilton replied: “I’m not concerned, don't have any concerns.
“I think it’s natural when you have the success and ꦡthe numbers on your chest, that you become a bit of a target. But it’s okay, it’s nothing that I’ve not dealt with before."
Verstappen: Hamilton had no intention of leaving space
Speaking to Sky Sports, Verstappen said: "To be honest I went around the outside and immediately felt he wasn't going to leave space, sꦡo I just went for it.
"He didn't leave me space so I knew we were going to get together. It cost him the race win and it gave me five seconds. Itꦕ wouldn't have mattered anything for my♛ race.
"It's just a shame, you know? I ﷺthought we could race quite well together but clearly the intention was not there to race."
Red Bull team pr🥃incipal Christian Horner felt Hamilton should have given Verstappen more room.
"Max got ahead🦄,” Horner told Sky Sports. “Lewis could have afforded him more room. At best, it was a racing in🍒cident."
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