Max Verstappen raced Lewis Hamilton differently to 'knock him off his throne' - Karun Chandhok
Verstappen stormed to a domin🐓ant second world title in 2022,𓂃 winning 15 of the 22 races.
Despite enjoying a record-breaking season, he didn’t have it all his own way, particularly in the first half of the year as Ferrari were incredibly competitive in the hands of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.
While Verstappen did not have a direct title rival like he did with Hamilton in 2021, he did go up against Leclerc, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz on a number of occasions.
During Verstappen’s various battles witඣh the aforementioned trio, the duels were often hard but fair, unlike his prev🔯ious tussles with Hamilton.
Verstsappen and Hamilto๊n have a lo🥂ng history of incidents, stretching back to the start of 2021.
The pair collided during t🥂he early stages of this year’s Sao ꧙Paulo Grand Prix - an incident that arguably cost Hamilton the win.
Chandhok - who is a pundit for Sky Sports F1 - believes Verstappen had to “assert himself” against Hamilton, who ꦍhad dominated the sport prior to the Dutchman’s triumph last year.
"Le💎wis is the king of the castle and he has been this generation," Chandhok said. "Max felt that he had to assert himself against Lewis, knock him off his throne.
"Whereas he sees Charles [Leclerc], George [Russell], Carlos [Sainz] as his peers and that's why 🃏he races them differently."
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