Former F1 driver David Coulthard has described 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton as a👍n “anomaly” when com♚pared to other greats of the sport.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s aggressive driving against Lando Norris during the 2024 F1 season resulted in comparisons to the likes of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.

Schumacher and Senna were involved in numerous controversial incidents over the years, ear🐎ning particular reputations.

Howevꦛer, Coulthard thinks that Hamilton doesn’t fall directly into the same category as Verstappen, Senna andꦇ Schumacher for one reason.

Speaking on the The Red Flags podcast, Coulthard said: “That's why Max deserves to be in the ꦍsame cate𒉰gory as an Ayrton [Senna], a Michael[Schumacher].

“I say Lewis, but I put in brackets Lewis because Lewis actually has done it in a very, let's say, ꦛuncontroversial way.

“I know there was contact with Max, in Max's fi🔯rst championship year [2021] at Silverstone, that's about as much on the edge contact I've seen from Lewis. H🙈e's a very clean racer, he manages to keep out of a lot of controversy throughout his career so he's this sort of anomaly in that group of the villains that you say.”

Coulthard was the🐷n asked if Hamilton’s reputation of being clean is down to Mercedes’ period of dominance where he could afford to take 🌳less risks.

He responded: “You’re abs꧅olutely spot on. There was a comfortable period there for Lewis where they had a car advantage and he’s an exceptional driver. It doesn’t diminish the results he had.

“Of 🥂course, when he’s ♕gone wheel to wheel with Max, normally Max has come out in front because he’s got that absolute fighting spirit.

“We wi✅l🔯l be debating this beyond our lifetimes about the rights and wrongs. It transcends into other sports.”

In terms of Verstappen, Coulthard believes the Dutchman is push♍ing the limits just as Senna and Schumacher did in the past.

“There's always going to be the ones that are seen as🦩 being a little b💧it on edge,” he explained.

“But what they've actually done is redefined the modern era of where the line is. 🔯Michael did it. Ayrton did iไt.

“Max is doing it. And that's because every generat𒊎ion should be better. Now, better doesn't mean nicer. Better just meꦯans, they deliver.”