Yesterday in Austin was pretty busy for ‘just’ a Friday. Particular attention was paid to the Hamilton-Verstappen skirmish, at the beginning of the second free practice session, which saw the two contenders for the world title engage in an unusual series of overtaking and counter-overtaking, seasoned with some spicy radio comments from the Dutchman, who also showed his rival the middle finger. A behavior, that of the young talent from Red Bull, which has been interpreted by many as a sign of nervousness on the eve of this expected final rush to Abu Dhabi.
A former boxmate of Lewis Hamilton, the 2009 world champion, also said this opinion Jenson Button. Today columnist for Sky UK, the former McLaren driver underlined the rather vehement reaction from the World Championship leader. “It’s been a pretty hot day for Max, to be honest – Button commented – I think there is a little bit of frustration building up. In that accident [con Hamilton], he failed to make his lap and then found traffic for two laps in a row when he had just fitted new tires. I know how it feels, but a lot depends on how you manage to control yourself after such episodes“.
“Let’s hope the team sits down with him and calms him down, so he can concentrate on PL3 – added English again – the race simulations were very similar and I think also in qualifying [le prestazioni] they will be quite similar – concluded in reference to the Mercedes-Red Bull duel – Checo [Perez] did a great ride. Lewis was faster, but his lap was canceled because he just went out of bounds on turn 19. And we don’t know what Max could have done. I think the two Mercedes and the two Red Bulls will be fighting for pole position. . This is what we all want“.
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