Englishman Lewis Hamilton referred to the episode in Abu Dhabi in which he lost the crown on the last lap at the hands of Max Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton, who is still at Mercedes but in 2025 he will move teams (he will race for Ferrari), is close to completing 50 races without a win. The British, seven-time champion of the Formula 1failed to get to the top of the podium in 2022, 2023 and on the three dates that took place in 2024.
However, Lewis Hamilton He never believed that the end of his reign would end in the 2021 championship, a title he lost to the Dutchman Max Verstappen in the last lap due to a strategy error. And, more than two years after that event that marked history, he remembered it in an in-depth talk with the magazine GQ.
“What if the 2021 World Cup was stolen from me? Of course. But I think it was a really nice moment, because my father was with me, and that’s what I took with me,” he commented. Lewis Hamilton. And he added: “And on the most painful day, he was there. He taught me to always stand up, to hold my head high. And, obviously, I went up to congratulate Max, not knowing the impact it would have, but being really aware that maybe there would be a mini me watching. It was a defining moment of my life. I really think about it. I felt like that…If I watch any video, it still hurts. But I’m at peace.”
Lewis Hamilton’s thorn with Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen They had arrived with the same number of points at the last date of the World Cup. Formula 1. But the Briton dominated with a lead of 12 seconds and until lap 54 everything seemed over. However, Latifi, formerly Williams, hit the walls and the safety cara situation that allowed the Red Bull driver to enter the pits.
And when there was only one turn left, Max Verstappen He passed the laggards and in the final corners he got rid of Lewis, who saw how he was left without his eighth champion trophy. Meanwhile, the Dutchman began the dominance of him that he continued until now.
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