The opportunity was presented to Lewis Hamilton.
Chance for a first win of the year – but the team picked the wrong tyres.
“I don’t understand that you deceived me like that,” cried Hamilton crazy.
Mercedes chose to start on medium tires and made sure to give Lewis Hamilton A really good chance for a first win of the year.
He stopped one pit less than Max Verstappen and Red Bull and when Valtteri Bottas had to stop his Alfa Romeo after the engine stalled. The safety car went off the track and gave Lewis Hamilton a free chance. He took the lead, but when Verstappen and George Russell chose to pit the soft tires and took them, Lewis Hamilton had no chance of restarting. He had old medium tires, Verstappen had soft tires and he overtook the Briton.
Hamilton shouted on the radio – this was the biggest miss.
Max Verstappen’s victory in the Netherlands
But it’s not over yet, his Mercedes teammate, George Russell, had softer tires than Hamilton and passed him to second.
Then the hero seven times lost his temper.
– I do not know what to say. You cheated on me there. I’m so angry, yelling at the stable over the radio.
Hamilton had nothing to oppose with his stiffer tires, but he also had to pass Charles Leclerc. In a few laps, he went from racing leadership – to fourth place.
Max Verstappen He won the Dutch Grand Prix and cemented the championship lead.
– We chose to go to the pit to take the soft tire and when George also went to the pit we were second before the restart, says Max Verstappen very excited.
I got a real head start and a chance in terms of rebooting.
George Russell, Mercedes, was second, and Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, third. Thus, Leclerc is second in the championship, but Verstappen has a touchdown of more than 100 points.
The next competition will be decided in Italy in a week.
