Damon Hill claims 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen would “൩cry like a baby” if he was on the receiving end of aggr♏essive driving.

The Red Bull driver’s tactics came under the m🌞icroscope at the end of last year a🍎s he fiercely fought off Lando Norris’ threat to his drivers’ title.

Verstappen 💧and Norris’ friendship hit 🔯a stumbling block after two major on-track clashes.

Ex-F1 champ Hill was particularly♔ critical of Versꦯtappen after he received two time penalties at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

“It is possible to rac💝e fairly and that is something I’m not sꦡure that Max is capable of,” Hill said at the time.

Hill has since exited his role as a ✱pundit on Sky Sports’ Formuꦍla 1 coverage for the 2025 season.

But he has defended his initial criticism of Verstappen’s aggressiv🏅e tactics.

Damon Hill: Red Bull "don't like criticism" of Max Verstappen

“Red Bull fight their corner very forcefully,” H▨ill told The Telegrap꧅h.

“And they don’t like criticism of Max. A⛎nd they didn’t like, particularly, some o♎f the things that were said.

“On the whole they’ve always taken the view that Sky are Bri🍸tish-centric and biased, which is really u෴nfair I think.

“Actually I think there is a desire [the other way]. I don’t think Sky want to be accused of being biased at all. I ꧑think they want to be a fair broadcaster of the sport 🦹– credit where credit’s due and all that.

“They also do not want to be denied access to a very important figure in this sport. And I think Red Bull🃏 know that, and 🐓they apply pressure if they need to.”

Damon Hill claims "Red Bull have a responsibility"

Hill made it clear: “But I’m not anti-M🌃ax. This is the point. I tꩵhink Max is brilliant. I like him. I mean what’s not to like? He’s sensational.

“But when I felt he overstepped the mark, I said so. And I think Red Bull have a responsibility, their team management has a 🌸responsibility, to the sport you kn👍ow?

“If thꦑeir driver goes over the limit on occasion, they have a responsibility to say ‘Youꦦ can’t do that.’

“And they don’t. That’s always been my issue with them. That they have almost given Max carte blanche and protected their driv🎃er from 𝐆not sticking to the code, if you like.”

Hill continued: “I’ll give you an example. [Last year] Max correctly interpreted to his advantage the rule about overtaking and being ahe🦄ad at the apex on the inside.

“There’s nothing in the rules that says you can’𝔉t do that. And it’s exciting to see people dive downꦫ the inside.

“Except that no other driver does it. And if someo🎃ne was to do it to him, he’d cry l🔯ike a baby.

“And that’s one of my issues with them. Red Bull simply can’t accept that. No, it really is slightly disappointing, to say the least, that they like to be thought of as the hard kids on the block, but when someth🍌ing doesn’t go their way, they cry about it.

“As I say, I like Max. What I don’t like is jingoism. And I don’t like the fact tha𒊎t it became a ‘You’re against us because we’re not British’ and all that nonsense, which was used as a way of pressuring us.

“It’s utterly unfa🐟ir to suggest that there is any kind of anti-Dutch thing going on. What canꦗ you do? I thought I was there to express my opinion.”

Verstappen and his father Jos made blunt accusations that unnamed members of the British media were biased against tཧhem last year.

When Verstappen ended his win-less run at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix with a sensational wet-weather pe𓆉rformance that displayed all of the best hallmarks of his ability, he teased that those British m𒅌edia members had run home to the airport.

His rivalry with McLaren’s Norris🐭 will be renewed this season.

They laughed off claims that their fri🍌endship had been damaged during pre-season Bahrain testing, joking that they had “a fight in a local pub”.

But if Verstappen’s Red Bull is not the dominant force that it previously was, he could come togethe💃r with the McLaren again.

McLaren ended last year as F1’s fastest car and will hope to retain that status at the season-opening Australian Grand Pꦍrix on March 16.