Lewis Hamilton teases Max Verstappen with 'act like a world champion' jab

Lewis Hamilton has teased old F1♚ title rival Max Verstappen amid Red Bull's current dip in form, reports Lewis Larkam in Belgium.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has taken a cheeky swipe at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen by telling his old F1 title rival to “act like a world champion” foll🎃owing their collision at the Hungarian Grand P꧒rix.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton and Verstappen came to blows in the closing stages of last Sunday’s race at the Hungaroring ℱwhile battling over third place and the final spot on the podium. 

Attempting to launch a late overtake on Hamilton, Verstappen locked 🍃up and൩ made tyre-to-tyre contact with Hamilton, launching the reigning world champion dramatically airborne and into the run-off area.

Hamilton finished third, while Verstappen slipped to fifth, having endured a frustrating race in which he heavily criticised the performance of his car and Red Bull’s 🍰strategy with a series of ওfoul-mouthed rants over team radio.

“You have to be a team leader, a team member,” Hamilton said on Thursday ahead o🐟f this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

“Maybe not so much a team leader but more so just always remember 𓆏you are a teammate with lots of people and you have to a♎ct like a world champion.”

Wh🌟en asked what it means to ‘act like a world champion’, a l🐻aughing Hamilton replied: “That’s a good question. Not like it was last weekend.”

Verstappen was seen telling Hamilton they would “ta⛦lk” about th꧒eir incident in the media pen after the race in Hungary, but the Briton said this has not yet happened.

🍒“We didn’t talk afterwards,” 🤡he explained. “We went to the stewards and that’s it. Yeah we’ve not had a talk.

“I don’t know if we will, if we get time. Maybe we’ll talk in the [dri𒊎vers’] parade this w🐷eekend, maybe. I’ve not felt like there’s necessarily a need to, but there might be something he wants to say. But we didn’t get the time to do it."

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 collide. Formula 1 World
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 collide…

Hamilton ‘very surprised’ by stewards verdict

Both Verstappen and Hamilton escaped p𓆏unishment after the stewa♈rds concluded neither driver had been “predominantly at fault”.

However,𓆉 they did determine that Hamilton “could have done more to avoid the collision”, a conclusion which has left the Mercedes driver puzzled.

“I was really, really surprised by it,” Hamilton said. “I think already I was very relaxed about the 🧸situation. Just saying look, it was just a racing incident, let’🗹s just move on.

“But considering one car was in control and one car was not🐈 in control at the time. Obviously🔥 when all the wheels are locked you are not in control.

“And if you look at the replay, at the end of the whole move I’m v🐎ery, very ไfar from the apex, so there’s a lot of room on the right hand side.

"So I was very, very surprised at the stewards. ൩I don’t knoღw who typed it up but probably that’ll be a question when I speak to them at some stage.” 

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