Hamilton aimed a stunning jibe at his great rival Verstappen over the Italian Grand Prix weekend when he questioned the pedigree of the Dutchman’s teammates and claimed the Red Bull driver’s F1 ꦓsuccess has been “blown up much more” than his own.

Verstappen, who has dominated the 2023 season and claime🐲d a record-breaking 10th consecutive victor꧋y at Monza, responded by suggesting that the seven-time world champion is “jealous” of his achievements. 

The two-time world champion added: “I think Mercedes have a very hard time dealing with losing, after all these years of winnin♎g s🅺o much.”

But Wolff has downplayed the needle between the ▨🌳2021 title protagonists. 

“First of all, i🦄t’s obvious that the drivers lik🌜e to poke each other a bit,” Wolff said. 

“But then you can say that Lewis has raced three World Champions. He r🌞aced Jenson, he raced Fernando and he raced Nico.

“But I do꧂n’t want to in any way diminish anybody’s 𒊎performance because Max in the car is outstanding.

“So it’s just part of the fun.”

Wolff clarified🌼 his own view of Verstappen’s dominance, having initially dismissed it during his post-race interview with Sky, in which he said his historic win was simply “f🉐or Wikipedia”. 

“For me, these kinds of r♔ecords are completely irrelevant. They were irrelevant in our good days in Mercedes,” Wolff explained. 

“I don’t know how many races we’ve ൩won, or in a row. I didn’t even know that there was a count on how many races in a row you win.

“Therefore asking me for comment on 𝔍some achievement is difficult because it never played a role iಌn my own life.

“But the result itself shows that a great driver ꦑin a great car are competing on an extremely high level."