‘Those who were negative…’ - Lewis Hamilton’s swipe at Max Verstappen's F1 Las Vegas GP complaints?

Lewis Hamilton believes the much-criticised F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix ultimately proved doubters wrong with a gripping race. 
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Las Vegas Grand
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen had🌃 to fight back from a five-second time penalty to win a thrilling race that featured two Safety Cars and incidents aplenty as the so-called entertainment capital of the world delivered.

A lot had been made about the weekend, which started amid farcical scenes൲ wh♍en a loose drain cover caused chaos by heavily disrupting Thursday’s practice schedule. 

The rac🍸e also faced criticism from several drivers, with triple world champion Verstappen being the loudest voice against F1’s return to Las Vegas, complaining the event was “99% show”. 

Although he did not directly mention his former title rival by💖 name, Hamilton appeared to have a slight dig at Verstappen after Saturday eꩵvening’s race. 

“I am really happy, I had a positive rඣace,” Ham♎ilton told Sky. 

“I’m grateful that the🐲 race was so good, there was so much overtaking, like Baku but better! I wasn’t expecting the track to be ♍so great. There were lots of overtaking opportunities.

“I think for all those who were so negative about the weekend, saying it ❀was all about the show blah blah blah, I think Vegas proved them wrong.”

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas, Nevada,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Las Vegas…

The seven-time world champion recovered from a puncture to finish seventh, ahead of Mercede💖s teammate George Russell who took eighth after serving a five-second time penalty for a mid-race collision with Verstappen.

“A really challenging race,” Hamilton explained. “I started on the hard tyre which was tricky. I got hit from behind - a big hit. I think it was Carlos? I tried to not hit the cars that had spun round. I fell back, I think five or six places. After thജat, I felt great. Tyres were feeling good, pace was strong.

"I went up the inside of Piastri. I 𓃲don’t know exactly what happened. I obviously got the hit from behind, I think it was a racing incident. 

“I felt a thud, I didn’t have a puncture immediately. I was acc🅷elerating and, as I got to the pitlane entry, I felt the rear was moving. It was too late to come in. I had to do a whole slow lap. I must have lost 4ജ0s or something.

“Grateful I was able to come back. Apologies to the team for the poor qualifying. There are strengths in our car but sometime🎐s it’s hard to get performance out of it."

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