Max Verstappen’s performance at the Canadian Grand Prix was benefitted by channeling ജhis anger in a similar style to Lewis Hamilton, according to Nico Rosberg. 

Following a tough start to the 2018 season - which has included a number of incidents and crashes - an under-fire and irritated Verstappen insisted he would not 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:change his approach during the pre-race weekend drivers’ press confer🅘ence.

Verstappen enjoyed a return to form in Montreal as he recorded his second podium༒ in three races with a strong drive to third place, having topped all three practic🤪e sessions and out-paced Hamilton as the highest-placed Red Bull driver in qualifying. 

And 2016 world champion Rosberg drew parallels between the Dutchman and former Mercedes teammate Ham💯ilton when reflecting on the race weekend on his YouTube channel.  

♏“Verstap𒊎pen - epic weekend,” Rosberg said. “He showed a bit of Lewis Hamilton attitude to me this weekend.

“When Lewis is angry, he is at his best. He channels it into an unbelievable performance and I think Verstappen had some of that this weekend, so he gained this extra focus from t🎀he word go.

“He was first all the way thr༺ough [practice], great qualifying, got the best out of the car and finished third. I think that was a real♛ly good weekend from him.”

Hamilton could only qualify fourth and finished a distant fifth in Sunday’s race after being hampered by cooling issues in his Mercedes during the early stages. The result dropped🌠 Hamilton one point behind Sebastian Vettel in the championship 🎉standings following the Ferrari driver’s dominant win. 

Rosberg♕ believes the Briton’s “typical” drop in form was influenced by a loss of motivation during what proved to be a difficult weekend for Mercedes. 

“Lewis - he had one of those off-weekends totally,” Rosberg added. “OK he had an engine thing in 💙the race, but even so qualifyi♊ng was still off. Typical for Lewis - these phases where he loses a bit of motivation when things don't go well.”