Jurgen von Diaz wrote: ↑29 May 2024, 21:32
Mosin123 wrote:Cs98 wrote: ↑29 May 2024, 19:32
This didn't come out of nowhere though, Lewis and George have been neck and neck for 3 years now. Was he checked out the whole time? Or do we only get to see the "real Lewis" when he beats George? That would be convenient, but not very likely. More likely is that we are seeing a driver aging, and that going to Ferrari whilst being a prudent financial move will prove to be an even tougher challenge than what he currently has at Merc.
If i remember rightly, GR was pretty easily beaten last season, and 22, Pretty much only won because of lucky safety cars, and his win at Brazil which LH would have won, had Max not crashed into him. so i am not sure where this neck and neck is coming from, unless your talking specifically about qualy, but points are won on sunday. As GR knows with his ramdom drives into walls.
Lucky win in Brazil? With the safety car, Hamilton had a chance to challenge George for the win but couldn't. This is the second season Lewis is neck and neck with George, and that's something for a seven-time champion. If Hamilton were still in his prime, he would have no trouble with Russell.
Max thought Lewis would have won in Brazil '22. He knew that when they clashed together on track, and he said as much to GP on the radio immediately after the race. I don't have the exact quote, but something like "5 seconds for me but it cost Lewis the win." And similar comments to the journalists in the pen.
"To be honest I went around the outside and immediately felt he wasn't going to leave space, so I just went for it," Verstappen told Sky Sports.
"He didn't leave me space so I knew we were going to get together. It cost him the race win and it gave me five seconds. It wouldn't have mattered anything for my race."
https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/3502 ... ce-cleanly
You could certainly argue Lewis might have tried harder to avoid this clash, gotten past Max at a better opportunity, and then go on to possibly win with a clean race - but the point is Lewis was faster than George in the race on that day. I thought he would have won, and so did Max.