Verstappen blames Hamilton for scary Turn 1 crash

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has expressed his disappointment after a race-diciding incident with seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton and Verstappen was locked in a combat for third place earlier than the second pit cease, however that battle ended early when Mercedes referred to as the Briton in for a tyre change.

Nevertheless, the pair met once more within the closing levels of the race when Verstappen quickly closed in on Hamilton. With eight laps left, Verstappen attacked Hamilton at Flip 1, making a dive from a great distance again.

The Dutchman locked up each entrance wheels and with Hamilton having turned in, Verstappen slid straight on and hit Hamilton’s right-front wheel.

The reigning champion went up within the air and off. He was in a position to proceed, however dropped behind the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, and completed down in P5.

The Dutchman recalled his incident with the McLaren of Lando Norris on the Austrian Grand Prix the place he was penalized for the conflict. The Purple Bull man blamed Hamilton for shifting below braking throughout their lengthy on-track battle.

“I obtained a variety of shit thrown at me in Austria with individuals saying shifting below braking, blah blah blah,” he mentioned. I’m positioning my automobile on the preliminary motion after which I maintain it straight.

“At the moment, below braking he simply stored turning to the correct and that’s the reason I additionally locked up as a result of I used to be going for the transfer, however I noticed the automobile on the surface stored coming at me.

“In any other case, we’d’ve already crashed earlier than. I needed to cease the automobile so that’s the reason I locked up.”

The Dutch driver was left pissed off on the Hungarian Grand Prix, claiming that his RB20 merely lacked tempo in comparison with McLaren within the sizzling race of Mogyoród.

“We did not have the tempo to combat McLaren immediately however then I believe we might have nonetheless had a P3,” he mirrored.

The reigning champion blamed his crew for not giving him the optimum technique on the Budapest F1 race. Having did not sustain with the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, the Dutchman was placed on an offset technique – just like the Ferraris -, which put him “on the backfoot.”

“The unsuitable technique calls put me on the backfoot the place I consistently needed to combat individuals, attempting to overhaul, and it did not work immediately.

“The monitor is admittedly sizzling and as quickly as you get near vehicles the tyres overheat and principally the entire benefit that you’ve with the tyres isn’t working anymore,” famous the Dutchman.

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