So far, Lewis Hamilton has not been able to run away with the title in the 2021 season as in previous seasons. Instead, Max Verstappen really leaves him for his money in the championship fight. Honestly, Hamilton has never sweated like this since losing the title to former teammate Nico Rosberg in 2016.
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Verstappen crashed in Baku so it was a golden opportunity for Hamilton to capitalize on. Unfortunately, he boiled over his restart and lost a chance for points when he made a rare mistake.
Against this background, the former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger admitted that Hamilton is allowed to make some mistakes. On the other hand, there shouldn’t be a problem as long as the mistakes in the title race don’t cost him.
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“In Baku he knew he had to risk everything to win the last time he started and it just went wrong. That can happen, ”said Berger. “It is particularly interesting that Mercedes is slacking off under pressure from Red Bull. Then there’s Ferrari, or McLaren does a great job with Norris.
“Even Gasly with his AlphaTauri could be right at the front. That is exactly the tension that Formula 1 and the fans need. “
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It is worth noting that Hamilton was last without points at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the Briton was hardly challenged by his team-mate Valtteri Bottas. The last time they shared a podium was in Barcelona.
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Formula 1 F1 – Spanish Grand Prix – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain – May 9, 2021 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads Mercedes’Lewis Hamilton at the start of the REUTERS / Albert Gea race
Berger admitted that Rosberg was the last real threat to Lewis Hamilton. However, the Austrian noted that Hamilton’s rivalries are different from one another.
He found that Verstappen is an easier opponent because the Dutchman is in a different car. If he had been a teammate of the Briton, it would have felt like an “insult”, according to Berger.
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