Lewis on Max: 'He is a lot younger, so maybe he has a problem with me. But I am not sure about that and I actually assume not.' F1
Hamilton, however, could not say if respect was mutual.
The Mercedes driver also touched on their 2021 title fight, one that was decided in controversial circumstances when then FIA race director Michael Masi made an unprecedented call to allow only the cars between race leader Hamilton and Verstappen to unlap themselves to set up a final lap shoot-out.“He [Verstappen] did everything he had to do in 2021, so why should I have a problem with him,” he said. “He performed and delivered every weekend, nobody can take that away from him.
A few weeks later he told the Daily Mail: “I was always taught that you have to respect what people have achieved in sport. I have no problem with what Lewis has achieved. He is one of the best ever.
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