Max Verstappen has always approached the tracks with aggression. He believes his moves have got nothing to prove against the Formula 1 world champion, Lewis Hamilton.
Both drivers, Verstappen and Hamilton, are currently challenging each other for the world championship title 2021. They have gone wheel to wheel so far except Monace, where Hamilton lagged behind.
At Imola and Barcelona, they were close to collision during the opening corners. Verstappen took the lead through going off track with agressive approach. He then had to leave the position to Hamilton as per the regulations.
Hamilton, in Barcelona, commented that he “made sure” to provide the Austrian with enough room. He added more at Monaco that he had “done well to avoid all the incidents so far”. Additionally, he claimed that aggressive approach by Verstappen “feels perhaps” like “he has a lot to prove”.
Red Bull’s driver knocked back on his comments and claimed the credit for non-collision along with Hamilton.
“Nope, I have nothing to prove,” Verstappen said.
“And avoiding contact, I think it goes both ways. So we have done well, that’s true.
“But yeah, we race hard, we avoided the contact both sides. So let’s hope we can keep doing that and keep being on-track and racing hard against each other.”
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Zak Brown, McLaren F1 boss, added he though that both drivers would collide in no time. He made the comments while referring to the wheel to wheel battle for dominance.
Verstappen discarded the notion that they were looking for a collision.
“I honestly don’t know what to say any more about these things,” Verstappen said.
“We never try to crash, do we? It’s just to make a few interesting headlines like that.
“I guess it will have a bit more viewers when you say it’s a matter of time, and then instead of saying we had some great races so far.
“People will of course click that more.”
Sebastian Vettel, Four-time F1 world champion, considers the comments inappropriate and claims that such battles shall be appreciated.
“One thing that people outside don’t seem to understand is how close it is sometimes and how easily things can go wrong without having any intention,” Vettel said.
“Nobody goes into an overtake wanting to take the other car out or himself out, because the risk of getting it wrong is just so high.”
