Lewis Hamilton denied appearing with hostility in the direction of his former championship Max Verstappen after the pair clashed in as we speak’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
However the Mercedes driver believes Verstappen, who pipped him to the 2021 world championship in controversial circumstances, doesn’t reply to him the identical means.
Each drivers had been cleared over their collision whereas disputing third place in as we speak’s race. Verstappen accused Hamilton of adjusting his route within the braking zone, however the stewards dominated he had not, whereas stating Hamilton “may have carried out extra” to stop the collision.
Hamilton admitted defending his place on the way in which into the nook however mentioned he left Verstappen room to keep away from contact.
“We handed a backmarker, I acquired to the braking zone after which Max appeared to overhaul the automotive behind me, so I moved over to defend. I left sufficient room within the inside, however Max locked up.
“He was going a unique trajectory to me. I used to be going in the direction of the nook and he got here capturing throughout. It felt like a racing incident.
“It’s straightforward to make errors like that. So I don’t really feel there must be any hostility. However in fact, from his facet, there all the time can be.”
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Mercedes received the earlier two races in Austria and Britain, however Hamilton mentioned he was stunned by how aggressive they had been within the excessive temperatures on the Hungaroring.
“Sadly, we’re nonetheless not, in sizzling situations notably – you noticed in Austria and right here – we’re not in a position to sustain with these guys. However in stint one, I used to be actually stunned to see that I used to be in a position to maintain on to Max. I wasn’t even having to push too onerous to remain inside a second, or round a second behind him.
“So I believed at that time that perhaps I used to be in for an opportunity of at the least preventing for that place. However then within the second stint, it was a little bit of a catastrophe, it didn’t really feel good and the true tempo of the automotive began to point out, I feel, on these tyres.
“However we clearly acquired the undercut [on Verstappen] and monitor place is clearly key on this monitor. And I feel that actually in the end made the distinction.”
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