Eight points in the standings are the ones that separate Max Verstappen And Lewis Hamilton with two GPs from the end of the 2021 season. The races in Jeddah and Abu Dhabi will define who will be champion in one of the most balanced and uncertain years F1 has ever experienced. The Red Bull Dutchman can still count on a small margin, but the trend is clearly favoring Hamilton, who has won quite clearly the last two races, in Brazil and Qatar. Strong of the seven titles won over the course of his career, the Briton is certainly the more accustomed of the two to the tensions that can cause such a balanced duel.
Throughout the year, however, Verstappen has shown quite clearly of do not feel the challenge emotionally with a much more experienced and titled driver than him. Even in the face of the latest adversity he has encountered, starting with the grid penalty discounted at Losail, the Hasselt native has never shown signs of letting up or nervousness. A behavior that also struck a colleague and friend of the Dutchman like Nico Hulkenberg, who last year also ‘risked’ becoming a teammate of Verstappen, before the announcement of Sergio Perez as second Red Bull driver.
“Lewis is not nervous, he is fighting for his eighth world title – commented the former winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans to the Austrian channel Servus TV – but from Max it’s crazy how cold it is, thinking this is his first battle for a world title. Lewis may have been spurred on by his difficult weekend in Brazil – added the German, referring to the many penalties overcame by Hamilton during that weekend – it was a sensational performance from Lewis. Psychology certainly plays an important role. Lewis did a perfect qualifying lap in Doha too, you could see it from the on-board “.
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