Formula 1 resumed yesterday in Barcelona with the first day of testing which saw the debut of the new generation cars. The track activity on the Catalan circuit will continue until Friday. Then the engines will stop roaring again and will start up in mid-March in Bahrain, for the second collective practice session and then for the first GP of the season, scheduled for 20 March. But yesterday there were also the first press conferences and the first interviews of the new year. As was to be expected, after the fierce controversy that erupted at the end of last season, there was no lack of a few long shot between Mercedes and Red Bull.
Lewis Hamilton, speaking to reporters, pointed the finger at the behavior of some stewards, in his opinion biased. Christian Horner’s piqued replica came from the Milton Keynes front. Some pricks to the seven-time world champion, however, he also launched it Helmut Marko, always ready for dialectical diatribes. The Austrian executive speaking to the newspaper Osterreich, in fact, he remarked that Hamilton is currently the second oldest driver on the grid, after Fernando Alonso. According to the historic consultant of the energy drink brand, the English could soon enter a downward trend in terms of performance on the track.
“Lewis had an incredible second half of the season last year – recognized Marko – but I can’t imagine he can drive at this level for much longer. It is at its peak now and age begins to weigh“. The 78-year-old from Graz also joked about an off-track excursion committed yesterday by Max Verstappen during day-1 of the Catalan tests. “No problem – he joked – we have a resistant bottom “. Verstappen, according to the Dutch press, would be very close to signing a contract renewal with the team. The current agreement will expire at the end of 2023.
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