The never seen: ‘help’ by Verstappen for Hamilton for his success in China

It’s no secret that Max verstappen and lewis hamilton These are public enemies from the controversial period 2021 of F1. Lewis does not forget or forgive. And Max, either. They will never be friends after that. Instead, antagonists. However, the paradoxes of life, in the sprint race of F1 CHINA GP This Saturday, Max verstappen It can be the key to your help, even unintentionally, Lewis Hamilton. And his defense against Oscar Piastri could be the key for the British to win the first time with Ferrari, even in a sprint.

Sprint this Saturday is marked by the massive breakdown of the wheels, in the form of ‘Graining’ (Chips accumulated over the wheel due to the temperature difference between the asphalt and tires). In that sense, Hamilton helped him with his management of this phenomenon to roll first, with clean air, after an exit where Max Verstappen was not at risk or put him in trouble. But he further helped him with his subsequent defense against the favorite car of the beginning of this course, the McLaren, this time, that of Piastri.

Verstappen can be the key to his enemy’s success

Piastri It’s third and, on paper, I have to have a rhythm to try to go for Hamilton. However, He broke the wheels in his subsequent attempt to advance Max. Vrstappen, despite suffering over his gums, kept him behind, closing the door to Vuelta 13, in the absence of more than 6 turns for the end, when Lewis was over 1 “8 of Max. If he had passed him there, he might not have attacked it to Piesstri. But he could not pass it.

Verstappen may have him up to only 3 turns missing. There, Piastri, when the spin was stuck to Max, had been punished with his rubber too much. He was left alone and clearly later. He went to Max and 2 “7 from Lewis, but at three turns, when crossing the goal, he made 6” 8 from a Hamilton that was well managed the wheels.

“Piastri spent the wheels fighting Max”

Andrea Stella, head of the McLaren team, explained this, though she could not ensure 100% that Piastri could achieve Lewis not for that fight against Max, because they could not verify it: “Oscar was able to limit the damage, in a way. I think his rhythm is strong. But by continuing and then fighting against the verstappen, we probably used the wheels a little more than Lewis. That said, it was about to show if we could be as fast as Lewis, so tomorrow it would be interesting.

For his part, Vrstappen said he did not have the choice of attacking Lewis for his greatest destruction and dedicated to defending Oscar.

Verstappen: “I also didn’t try to advance Lewis”

“I saw Lewis protecting his wheels well in front. So it wasn’t even trying to move forward, but to keep Oscar’s back, I was trying to use Lewis’s Drs to endure, really”Versappen said in ‘Sky Sports’ statements. “We had a lot of damage because I think our base rhythm failed, so you tried to endure but also destroy your tires,” Max said.

Obviously, Vrstappen tried to defend Oscar not with the goal to help Lewis, but to try to add an extra point to achieve an incapacitated -believing in the tire of a Red Bull with so many problems and super nervous, where his companion Lawson was last on the short class of Friday and 14th at the China Sprint Race. However, he could do nothing to contain Oscar. With this purpose of maximizing its result, the current F1 champion finally achieved a third place leaving only 2 points of A Norris leader to sink.

Maybe, maybe, Verstappen This is the key to Lewis’s success. Or at least, he definitely buried the possibilities that the feasting might have been before he was Hamilton. Verstappen ended up helping his prominent enemy Hamilton. Racing career.