According to his former rival Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton drove like a bull and only avoided penalty because he isn’t Spanish.
Following his involvement in a brawl on the first corner of Max Verstappen’s victory in the Miami sprint, the twice world champion made the statements.
In the end, Hamilton’s extravagant behavior had no bearing on the outcome since he received a retrospective drive-through penalty for exceeding the speed limit in the pit area, which caused him to fall from eighth place on the road to a miserable 16th place.
Alonso provoked the stewards, saying, “We’ll see what they decide.” He was a little too wild at times. Since he is not Spanish, I suppose they will not make a decision.
However, he damaged the race for a few, most notably Lando Norris, who was involved in the collision and had a very fast vehicle.
When Hamilton, who started in 12th place, came hurtling down the inside, the drama began. He braked very late and got into a tangle with the gullible Alonso of Aston Martin. Alonso then ricocheted into his teammate Lance Stroll, who in turn clipped Norris of McLaren.
Stroll and Norris both retired. The security vehicle was brought into action. “Hamilton showed up like a bull,” Alonso grumbled on the radio. Despite starting tenth and suffering a puncture, the Spaniard managed to rejoin the fight, although toward the back. He came in last, in 18th place. Hamilton escaped unharmed.
“I went for it because there was a gap on the inside,” he objected.
After investigating the situation, the stewards did nothing more. Although their stated policy is to exhibit judicial forbearance at first, it was a generous adjudication.
Between Hamilton and Alonso, there is a wealth of history that dates back to their contentious collaboration at McLaren in 2007. By the time the feud ended, they were not on speaking terms.
They crashed in Belgium in 2022, which was more recently. Saying that Hamilton was a “idiot” who only knew how to drive when he was in the lead, Alonso called Hamilton that.
Yesterday, Hamilton remained the center of attention.
He faced up against Kevin Magnussen of Haas for eighth place. Hamilton eventually managed to pass, but his fatal 7 mph speeding violation under the safety car sealed his destiny. George Russell, his Mercedes teammate, improved to a disappointing 12th.
Verstappen increased his lead in the championship to 27 points after defeating Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to finish second and third, respectively.
Where Verstappen worked, jousting was not necessary.
