Three years after the 2021 British Grand Prix, the Max Verstappen revealed in an interview that that effect on Lewis Hamilton drove him vision problemswhich is the reason why he needs to be hospitalized.
At that Silverstone GP, where Verstappen and Hamilton were waging a fierce battle for the championship, the Dutchman had to retire due to that crash and the Briton took the victory despite receiving a 10-second penalty. After the race, the Red Bull driver was hospitalized to undergo related tests and, after a few hours, he was allowed to leave the medical center. However, the pilot admitted that this accident caused him consequences.
“Since my accident at Silverstone, I have had vision problems, especially on circuits with potholes or with a lot of advertising panels on the sides of the track,” Verstappen said in a statement. Red Bulletin.
“I thought about stopping the car”
In this interview, asked what was the best achievement of his career to date, the three-time world champion recalled the bad experience he had at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, where he had to face Hamilton, but also as well as his serious vision problems.
“In that race I was not only fighting against Lewis, but also against blurred vision. It was like I was driving at 300km/h in a speedboat. I’ve never said it before, but for a few laps it was so bad that’ “I seriously thought the car would stop,” Verstappen admitted.
To achieve that victory, the Dutchman said that “the only thing that helped me was to concentrate on my breathing while Lewis breathed on the back of my neck. It was a very important victory that I needed to keep alive the fight for the title.”
Source: La Verdad
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