Max Verstappen-Lewis Hamilton war of words escalates at F1 Austrian Grand Prix: “When he was winning…”
The old rivals clashed ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Austrian Grand Prix when Hamilton suggested the FIA impose a new deadline to limit teams🐭 working on the next year’s car, in an effo🐓rt to level the playing field.
Red Bull have won every grand prix of 2023 and Verstappen is on course for a third straight F1 title, but he remembered a time when Mercedes and Hamilton were 🎐on top.
Verstappen s🤪aid to Sky about Hamiꦆlton’s idea: “We weren’t talking about it when he was winning his championships, right?
“So I don’t think we should now.
“It’s how Fo🍌rmula 1 work♉s. When you have a competitive car, it’s great.
“But at one point you also have to look ah♔ead to the next 🐼year.
“It’s normal that people who are behind say these kinds♚ of th🐟ings.
“But they should also not forget when they were winning, how it was ꦉlooking, and if pe⛎ople would comment on these things.
“Probably, they would comment differently.
“That’s how it goes in Formula 1.”
Hamilton’s suggestion was: "I think the FIA should probably put a time 🐭when everyone is all🅰owed to start developing next year's car.
“Say August 1, that's where everybody can start so that no one can get an advantage on♉ the next y🥃ear, cause that sucks.
"It would make more sense. They should. Sa🌜y for example you start the season an🍒d you know you have a bad car, you can just say I'm not going to bother developing this car and put all this money into next year's car and have an advantage.”
A reporter replied to Hamilton, telling him that Mercedes🌜 once enjoyed the same dominance that Red Bull are not experiencing.
“We never started as early as them,” Hamilton said about de♚veloping a car for the following season.
Mercedes won seven drivers’ titles in a row - six through Hamilton, one via Nico Rosberg - between 2014 𒀰and 20🅷20.
Prior to that, Red Bull won four co♒nsecutively through Sebastian Vettel.
Fernando Alonso won twice in a row for Renault, directly🎃 after Michael Schuma﷽cher’s famous five consecutive titles with Ferrari.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eve♎rything from Ameri🌌can sports, to football, to F1.
