🗣️ 'It's natural when you have the success and the numbers on your chest, that you become a bit of a target' After their latest clash in the BrazilGP, Lewis Hamilton has suggested his success in F1 has made him a 'target' of Max Verstappen ⬇️
Verstappen, who was running in third at the time behind Hamilton, attempted to go around the outside of his rival at Turn 1 and claim the inside apex for the Turn 2 right hander.
However, he was left with little room and they made contact at the bottom of the Senna Esses. Verstappen broke his front wing while Hamilton, who was forced wide, suffered damage to his floor and wheel covers. The FIA said Verstappen was predominantly to blame for the accident and he was given a five-second penalty.With Hamilton and Verstappen having come to blows several times throughout their 2021 title battle, the latest incident has again prompted suggestions that they race each other differently to other drivers.
Asked if he had any concerns about Verstappen having a specific problem with him, Hamilton said: “I'm not concerned. Yeah, don't have any concerns, I think. “I think it's natural when you have the success and the numbers on your chest, that you become a bit of a target. But it's okay. It's nothing that I have not dealt with before.”Photo by: Steve Etherington /Hamilton said he did not have any particular thoughts about the accident at the time, as his mindset was simply in being able to continue and recover through the field.
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