Max Verstappen raced Lewis Hamilton differently to 'knock him off his throne' - Karun Chandhok
Verstappen stormed to a dominant second world title in 2022, winning 15 o🎶f the 22 races.
Despite enjoying a record-breaking season, he didn’t have it all his own way, particularly in the first half of the year as Ferrari were incredibly competitive in the hands of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.
While Verstappen did not have a direct title rival like he did with Hamilton in 2021, he did go up against Leclerc, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz on a number of occasions.
During Verstappen’s various battles with the aforementioned trio, the duels were often hard but f🐟air, unlike his previous tussles with Hamilton.
Verstsappen and Hamilton have a long history of incidents, str🐓etching back to the start of 2021.
The pair collided during the early stages of this year’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix - an in🅘cident that arguably cost Hamilౠton the win.
Chandhok - who is a pundit for Sky Sports F1 - believes Verstappen had to “assert himself” against Hamilton, who had dominate💃d the sport prior to the Dutchman’s triumph last year.
"Lewis is the king of the castle and he has been this generation," Chandhok said. "Max felt that he had to assert hims𝓡elf against Lewis, knock him off his throne.
"Whereas he sees Charles [Leclerc], George [Russell], Carlos [Sainz] as his peers and that's why he races them differentl🔯y."
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