Lewis hamilton He continues to press his claims for a change to take place in F1 that will end Red Bull’s massive dominance. A few days ago, the Englishman repeated his complaints about the lack of fight for wins due to the superiority of red bull does not contradict the dominance he has Mercedes from 2014 to 2020, period in which Lewis won 6 titles out of 7 possible. Hamilton explained himself and made sure that even after dominating his ‘silver arrow’, he wanted the fight for the wins to be more equal and exciting than it was.
“We all want it, even when I was in charge, we always want the best competition and we want it to be close. That’s what we dreamed of growing up and that’s what we fight for. I never raced when I was younger and I wanted to be a few seconds ahead of everyone in every race, but when you start with a lead and have that margin,” the pilot commented English just recently. And Max Verstappen, obviously, was asked about it in a press conference. Again, on this issue, the Dutchman disagreed with the 7-time champion. Max dominates and wants to do it, he’d rather win with an edge than a close fight.
“I’d rather have a very simple race all the time, but it only happens maybe once or twice a year in your career. But again, we’re racing drivers, the teams are closer, and that’s fine with me as well. But for me it’s a little bit more relaxing to win more comfortably.”. He didn’t beat around the bush. What he wants is to win, and doing it in a way that he can win now, week after week, makes him feel better.
The statement that started it all
It should be remembered that Max Verstappen responded strongly months ago to some statements by Hamilton in which he complained about the dominance of Red Bull.
“In my 17 years of being here, even before I got here, you always see a dominance period and it just keeps happening. I was very lucky to have one of those periods of dominance and now Max is having it, but the way it is is that it happens over and over again. And I don’t think we need that in the sport,” Lewis said on that occasion. Many criticized those words because of his superior car from 2014 to 2020. And Max didn’t say anything. “I didn’t hear him say this when he won titles all these years, right? So it doesn’t feel right to me. That’s how Formula 1 works.” Max commented a few months ago after the words of his British rival. There was no way they could get along.
Pressure does not weigh
Max Verstappen will be looking this weekend to equal the record of 9 consecutive victories that Sebastian Vettel also established with Red Bull in 2013. The Dutchman is the strong favorite to victory in front of his people, at a Zandvoort which is full of its orange tide. In this sense, the Dutchman assured that for him it is not an extra weight to have completely loyal fans waiting for his victory and he is optimistic for the weekend: “It’s one of my favorite places and winning, of course, is always very special here, so that’s definitely the goal for the weekend.”
Source: La Verdad
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