But Hamilton didn’t budge – and when no investigation was deemed to be necessary, the inevitable Red Bull whine to race director Michael Masi soon followed.
“He has to give the place back,” called Verstappen on the team radio, as indeed the Red Bull had been ahead at the apex. Hamilton kept his foot planted and chomped a massive chunk of the run-off to rejoin. This time he was perfectly in control and kept within the white lines of the race track, but crucially left Hamilton with little choice but to run wide and cut the corner. He hammered up to Hamilton, caught a perfect slipstream and lunged for the inside at turn six. And when Lewis comfortably got the drop on Max away from the lights, the advantage Red Bull’s man had gained immediately swung back towards his rival.īut this is Verstappen, and he’s never beaten. But after flat-spotting one of his medium Pirellis, he was consigned to the red-walled softs for the start – with Hamilton nicely poised on the yellow-walled rubber beside him. Respect was due, and to Hamilton’s credit quickly given, for Verstappen’s wonderful qualifying lap that won him pole position on Saturday.
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