After the controversial Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi, world champion Verstappen showed himself merciless towards his rival Hamilton. A defeat after seven wins is less painful than losing a possible first title.
This article first appeared on RTL.de.
The chaotic Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi still reverberates. For Max Verstappen, beneficiary of the race stewards’ controversial decisions, no reason to feel sorry for rival Lewis Hamilton.
Seven Formula 1 titles: “That’s not so bad, is it?”
“You just look back at the seven titles you already have. I think that’s not so bad, is it?” Said the world champion with a view to Hamilton in an interview with “The Guardian”. “I’m not a seven-time world champion. If I were, it would hurt a little less in the situation,” the Red Bull driver assumes.
Verstappen emphasizes: “If it’s about the first title, you’re in the lead all the time, have everything under control and then lose in the last lap, that would be deeper than if you already have seven.”
No personal contact with Hamilton
Hamilton had largely retired after the season ended. There had even been long speculation about a possible career end for the seven-time world champion. Verstappen was also groping in the dark. Personally, he had no contact with his opponent during the winter break.
That was “quite normal,” emphasized Verstappen. “Each of us lives our own life. Besides, we see each other enough anyway.” The Red Bull driver is looking ahead, after all he has a title to defend. A worthy title, says Verstappen: “It was a good season and I think I deserved it. I was very unlucky. People only remember the last race. But if you look at the whole season, the World Cup would have been good should be decided much earlier.”
Source: Stern
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