“Lewis Hamilton does play the odd comment every now and then,” Damon Hill criticizes the seven time world champion
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have taken their rivalry to another level, as they have engaged in a war of words after the Monaco GP on Sunday. Max Verstappen claimed the victory at Monaco GP 2021, as he leads the championship for the first time in his career.
The Dutch driver has 105 points in his five races so far, whereas, Lewis Hamilton slipped to the second spot after finishing seventh at Monaco GP. After the race, Verstappen fired shots at Mercedes, stating that he does his talking on the tracks, something which Hamilton did not bother addressing.
Damon Hill, former F1 driver heaped praise on Max Verstappen and stated his single-mindedness will help him challenge for the title.
“Max has definitely kept himself in his little bubble and he’s not letting anything distract him. I think his focus is quite good and it’s very easy to get derailed by journalists’ questions about whether or not you’re upset by some of the insinuations from someone else’s comments,” said Damon Hill.
Damon Hill criticizes Lewis Hamilton
Damon Hill believes that Lewis Hamilton has a tendency of making on odd comment here and there. The former driver stated that even with Nico Rosberg, Hamilton had fired a few shots.
“I think [the drivers] are probably more mature than we give them credit for sometimes. But Lewis, he says he doesn’t, but he does play the odd comment every now and then,” Hill said.
“Remember with Nico [Rosberg] and he was talking about how he was from a poor background, not like a rich kid who lived in Monaco. Who was that directed at, exactly?,” he added.
Lewis Hamilton is currently just four points behind Max Verstappen, and is under pressure to deliver in Baku. The next race of the season is scheduled to be held in Azerbaijan, next weekend.
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