Max Verstappen: I would have done the same as Lewis Hamilton

Due to Hamilton’s behavior, preventing Rosberg to get the finish he needed, Hamilton lost the glory of winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to Mirror. Graham Hill and Damon Hill were the first pairing to do so. You have to win your first race, you have to win Monaco, and you have to win the championship. Vettel would cross the line just 0.843 seconds behind Hamilton and Verstappen 1.685 seconds back. When Hamilton began to slow on the track, Bonnington began: “Question: ‘Why are you slow?'” he asked. Notably, Hamilton even ignored his team’s request to drive faster than he had been.

Verstappen finished the 2016 season fifth in the standings, with seven podium finishes and a race win – on his Red Bull debut in Spain. Whereas, his Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, finished at a distant sixth and was followed by the Force India duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez. With his victory, Rosberg filled the shoes of his Finnish father Keke Rosberg who won the F1 Championship in 1982 (Rosberg’s German ancestry comes from his mother).

The 36-year-old Englishman ran heavily over a kerb at the Yas Marina Circuit which damaged his front suspension.

In the immediate future, it will also be interesting to see how Mercedes handles this latest incident with Hamilton now that the season is over. It’s not hard to imagine a scenario in which Hamilton slowing down could have forced Rosberg into a spin -he spun once with no pressure-or into contact with Verstappen. that would have given Hamilton the championship lead coming into Abu Dhabi. Crazy. It was so intense, it’s going to take some time [to get over]. “You should just let us race”, he replied.

Two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso, who is for some observers still the most skilled driver in F1, has 32 wins.

“Everything is possible now, from let’s change the rules next year because it does not work in those critical races and maybe we want to give them more freedom”.

“So that makes this even more satisfying”. “He is just an awesome driver and one of the best in history”.

“Then he backed off in the part where I can’t overtake”.

He then had an engine failure while leading the Malaysian Grand Prix in September, which turned what would have been a small lead in the championship over Mercedes team-mate Rosberg into a 23-point deficit with five races to go.

“Ok, Lewis, this is an instruction – we need 45.1 – this is for a win”, said the team on Hamilton’s radio on lap 46.

“Nico had a very, very clean year without any real issues, so that is why we sit in this situation right now”, Hamilton added.

“When I look back on the season, if there’s anything to be negative about (it) would be cars failing in certain places”, Hamilton said on Thursday.