“What do you think of Max Verstappen’s driving?” Lewis Hamilton side-steps the question…
Red Bull are leading the way in both the drivers’ and constructors’ ch🏅ampionships heading into the final eight races of the season.
If they continue their current form, it will be the first time Red Bull have won both titles since 20💃13.
The Milton Keynes outfit enꦚjoyed their most dominant display of the season last time out at Spa-Francorchamps as Verstappen won from 14th on the grid ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Dutch Grand Prix, H꧙amilton praised Newey and Red Bull for making the most of the new regulation changes but didn’𝄹t mention his 2021 F1 title rival.
“I’m more impressed with Adrian New♍ey and his team,” Hamilton replied when asked what he thought of Ver𝔍stappen in 2022. “I think it is a great team. They’ve generally had really great cars for some time.
“They used to have really high ride height and had more drag than before, and I think they’ve realised and expe꧅rienced this year that their engine isn’t slower than others, it was more that they had a lot more drag in previous years. They’ve done a fantastic job and anything I’ve said in the past about the team, I didn’t mean it in a negative way.”
In 2011, Hamilton was criticalꦿ of Red Bull, describing the team simply as a “drinks company”.
"Red Bull are not a manufacturer, they are a drinks company,” Hamilton said as quoted by The Guardian. “It's a drinks company versus ♒McLaren/Ferrari history. I don't know what their plan is.
“Our team is building to b𝔉ecome a bigger manufacturer, like Ferrari, and I can only see our team being there for a ridiculous amount of time. It is a pure-bred racing team."
Reflecting on those comments, the Mercedes driver said: “I think years aౠgo I said something about them being a drinks company, and I was just really highlighting that you would bet more on a car com꧑pany, but they’ve proved me wrong and everyone.
“But also knowing that Adrian did his thesis on ground effect cars when he was at university, it’s no surprise what h🐷e has done and created this year. It is impressive but I believe in the youn𒊎g guns in my team and that we will catch up.”
Verstappen notoriously edged Hamilton at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi 2021 to win his first title, and deny the Brit an a⛄ll-time r𝄹ecord eighth.
With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartbeat of o🥂ur unbiased reporting.
