Juan Pablo Montoya on Lewis Hamilton: “I know he doesn’t want to get his ass kicked every week by George”

Juan Pablo Montoya on Lewis Hamilton: “I know he doesn’t want to get his ass kicked every week by George”

Lewis Hamilton has been beaten by his new teammate in the first few races of the season. He has been struggling with the new W13 and hasn’t been able to pull the maximum out of it. His teammate has been doing it successfully.

Pablo also has the same views but also gives the reason why George has been able to use the maximum his car provides him every week. He mentioned the start of George’s career in Williams has helped him with the difficulties Mercedes are having. 

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“I think the biggest difference is that you got to remember, George has been in Williams for the past three-four seasons. So, he’s been in the melee every weekend,” said Juan in conversation with Vegasinsider.

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Juan Pablo Montoya urges Lewis to practice harder

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Juan Pablo assisted Lewis with his poor performance at the start of the season.

“And Lewis, the last seven-eight seasons, he’s been cruising by himself every weekend. He hasn’t really raced people because when he gets to lap them, everybody needs to get out of the way.“

He also made a point over George getting traffic all his life and asked the Briton to practice hard, “All of a sudden he’s stuck in traffic and it doesn’t matter how good you are, if you don’t practice it, it’s hard.” 

Montoya also says Lewis will have to work hard to get where his teammate is right now and it will be easier for him to do it since he doesn’t have a point to prove “I know he doesn’t want to get his ass kicked every week by George. George looks a lot more comfortable and is pushing, and he’s got a point to prove. Whereas Lewis doesn’t really need to prove anything.”

However, Juan believes Hamilton is working on getting the car better, and when he does we can see the Lewis we all have seen through the years “Give him a winning car and you’ll see how different he’s gonna behave.” continuing “I think Lewis is really focused on making the car better and is just really uncomfortable in the car.”

“Did he forget how to drive? No, that doesn’t happen. You don’t forget overnight. He’s just not happy with the car.”

In the end, we all know the capability Lewis holds and entrust him to bounce back to the position he seems to like.

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