Hamilton aimed a stunning jibe at his great rival Verstappen over the Italian Grand Prix weekend when he questioned the pedigree of th♏e Dutchman’s teammates and c𝄹laimed the Red Bull driver’s F1 success has been “blown up much more” than his own.

Verstappen, who has do𝔍minated the 2023 season and claimed a record-breaking 10th consecutive victory at Monza, responded by suggesting that the seven-time world champi🎐on is “jealous” of his achievements. 

The two-time world champion added: “I think Mercedes have a very hard time dealing with losing, after all these y𝔉ears of winning so much.”

But Wolff has downplayed the needle b🎃etween 🅘the 2021 title protagonists. 

“First of all, it’s obvious that the drivers like to p𒀰oke each other a bit,” Wolff said. 

“But then you can ൲say that Lewis has raced three World Champions. He raced Jenson, he raced F🃏ernando and he raced Nico.

“But I don’t want to in any way diminish anybody’s performance because Max in th🌞e car is outsta🐼nding.

“So it’s just part of the fun.”

Wolff clarified his own view of Verstappen’s dominance, havinܫg initially dismissed it during his post-race interview with Sky, 💮in which he said his historic win was simply “for Wikipedia”. 

“For me, these kinds of records are completely irrelevant. They were irrelev🐲ant in our good days in Mercedes,” Wolff explained. 

“I don’t know how many races we’ve won, or in a row. I didn’t even know that there was a count on how many races in 𝔉a row you win.

“Ther🍌efore asking me for comment on some achievement is difficult becauseℱ it never played a role in my own life.

“But the result itself shows t𒁃hat a great driver in a great car are competing on an extrꦐemely high level."