Lewis Hamilton teases Max Verstappen with 'act like a world champion' jab

Lewis Hamilton has teased old F1 title riva𝄹l Max Verstappen amid Red Bull's current dip in form, reports Lewis Larkam in Belgium.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix,…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has taken a cheeky swipe at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen by telling his old F1 title riꦿval to “act like a world champion” following their collision at the Hungarian Grand Prℱix.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton and Verstappen came to blows in the closing stages of last Sunday’s race at the Hungaroring while battling over third pl🎃ace and the final spot on the podium. 

Attempting to launch a late overtake on Hamilton, Verstappen locked up and made tyre-to-tyre contact with Hamilton, launching the reigning world champion dramatically airborne and🤪 into the run-off area.

Hamilton finished third, while Verstappen slipped🥃 to fifth, having endured a frustrating race in which he heavily criticised the performance of his car and Red Bull’s strategy with a series of foul-mouthed rants over team radio.

“You have to be a team leader, a team member,” Hamilton said on Thursday ahead of this we𓄧ekend’s Belgian Grand Pr🅷ix.

“Maybe not so much a team leader but more so just always reꦡmember you are a teammate with lots of people and you have to act like a world champion.”

When asked what it means to ‘act like a world champion’, a laughing Hamilton replied: “That’s a good ques♚tion. No🌺t like it was last weekend.”

Verstappen was seen telling Hamilton they would “talk” about their incident in the media pen after the race in♏ Hungary🎐, but the Briton said this has not yet happened.

“We didn’t talk afterwards,” he explained. “🌜We went to the stewards and that’s it. Yeah we’ve not had a talk.

“I don’t know if we will, if we get time. Maybe we’ll talk in the [drivers’] parade this weekend, maybe. I’ve not fel🐷t like there’s necessarily a need to, but there might be something he wants to say. But we didn’t get the time to do it."

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 collide. Formula 1 World
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 collide…

Hamilton ‘very surprised’ by stewards verdict

Both Verstappen and Hamilton escapꦺed punishment after the stewards concluded neither drive꧑r had been “predominantly at fault”.

However, they did determine that Hamilton “could have done more to avoid the collision”, a conclusion which has left the Mercedes 𒈔driver puzzled.

“I was really, really surprised by it,” Hamilton said. “I think already I was very relaxed about the situation. Jusꦓt⛦ saying look, it was just a racing incident, let’s just move on.

“But consi💙dering one car was in control and one car was not in control at the time. Obviously when all the wheels are locked you are not in control.

“And if you look at the replay, at the end of the wh꧑ole move I’m very, v🍷ery far from the apex, so there’s a lot of room on the right hand side.

"So I was very, very surprised at the stewards. I don’t know who typed it upꦑ but probably that’ll be a question when I speak to them at some ♚stage.” 

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