Lewis Hamilton reaction at controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi might have been angrier when he was younger, says David Coulthard

The Mercedes driver’s hopes of an all-time record eighth F1 title vanished due to the incorrect application of a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Safety Car rule from race director Michael Masi, allowing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen to take advantage.
Haꦏmilton resisted the urge to complain too abrasivಞely.
“The way Lewis handled it was fantastic,” ex-F1 driver Coulthard s😼aid. “Maybe when he ꦜwas younger it would have been more difficult to do that.
“But he’s in his late-30s, he’s done a few laps. I thin💮k with age comes maturity.
“👍The benefit of youth is you don’t know, so you’re not scared of anything. As you get older, you start to understand the consequences. But that maturity I think enables you to deal with different situations.
“I would have kicked off! I would still be complaining to the 🅠European Cour𝔍t of Appeal!”

Coulthard was asking if some of the pricklier drivers from F1 history would have been as sportsmanlike as Hamilton: “It’s a great question. Because all of these different drivers, all of these greats that have been multiple world champions, have had very different pers🏅onalities.
“I would like to believe, though, in my romanti🐠c motorsports heart that there was enough competitive respect. Because even when you had Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna at their worst or Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell, there was always a handshake.
“It’s like a boxer. They beat 🥂the hell out of each other and then they shake hands at the end, be🍸cause there’s an underlying understanding of what it’s taken to get to that point.”
Hamilton’s opportunity at true revenge could come in 202🌼3 if he is able to return to the championship picture and end Verstappen’s reign.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fromℱ American sports, to football, to F1.