Lewis Hamilton aims cutting dig at Max Verstappen after F1 British Grand Prix: ‘What I experienced last year…’
A year after famously colliding with Verstappen at Silverstone, Hamilton claimed an impressive podium finish, 168澳洲𓂃5最新开奖结果:behind winner Carlos Sainz a♔nd Sergio Perez.
Hamilton said to Sk♏y about his tussle with Leclerc: “Charles did a great job, what a great batꦗtle.
“He is a very sensible driver - clearly very different to what I experienced last yea🅷💎r.
“At Copse for example, the two of us went through t🔴here, no problem.”
Verstappen was forced to settle for a disappointing seventh-⛦place.
At Silverstone in 20🐟21, Hamilton and Veꦛrstappen clashed wheel-to-wheel at the Copse corner. Verstappen retired and, after a red flag, Hamilton won the race.
The season notoriousಞly ended with Verstappen gaining revenge by winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the championship.
Hamilton returned to the British😼 Grand Prix amid an upturn in form for Mercedes - he has now finished on the podiu🎃m twice consecutively.
“De🥀finitely, for a while [it felt like I could win],” he said.
“A bunch of things went against us. The start, we got up to third 💧then they put us back to fifth.
“Then I lost ground to Lando Norris.
“Then the gap was fi🌠ve or six seconds to the Ferraris.
“But I was doing good time, catching them up, I did a good long stint a♏nd I thought: ‘Yes, maybe we can fight f♍or a win here.’
“Unfortunately the gap was too big. And the pitstop was not very quick. It was so tough toꦗday.
“We are on the turning point [of🔴 the season], we are still on the ♒bend.
“Thankไyou to th💯e team for the upgrades. We need more.
“I am so grateful to be back in the fight.”
Hamilton adde꧂d: "I gave it everything. I tried to chase down those Ferraris but they wer🌸e too quick.
"I was in the battle with Checo but those guys 🍃are too quick on theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ straights.
"I am so grateful for the hard work tha💞t they team did, to get an upgrade. We ꧑took a step closer.
"We lost time in the pitstop. I was chasing, chasing, cha🌳sing.
"We have 🅘improvements to make. This is a huge bonus to be on the podium.
"I'm glad everyone is safe from ♍the crash at the beginning."
James was a sports journali꧟st at Sky Sports for a decade cov🔴ering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
