Dutch pundit's dismiss Hamilton's jubilant celebrations after race win
Jul.21 - A prominent Dutch Formula 1 pundit thinks Lewis Hamilton's jubilant post-British GP celebrations had a "political" edge.
After serving a penalty for the race-ending Max Verstappen clash, Hamilton emerged from his Mercedes cockpit in an unusually triumphant mood - triggering a fiery and controversial response from his critics.
Jack Plooij, the popular pitlane reporter for Ziggo Sport, said it was notable that Hamilton's attitude about the sellout crowd at Silverstone suddenly changed.
"Lewis said on Thursday that he didn't like that there would be a crowd so large," he told the F1 Aan Tafel podcast.
"He said he found it scary - the infections and the danger. But after the race he was shouting about how great it was that those 140,000 people were there.
"I think there was a lot of politics behind it. The team told him 'Get as much energy as possible into this championship'. That's the feeling I have."
Plooij therefore joins those who think Hamilton should have "stepped back" with his celebrations and "shown respect" for Verstappen while he was having a CT scan in hospital.
"He shouldn't have been partying," he insisted. "The team should have told him that Max was in hospital so he shouldn't do that for a while. That was really not good.
"If you preach about respect all year long, and then you want that respect from someone else, then you have to give it out as well.
"But Max will come out of this stronger."
Former Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos goes one step further, describing Hamilton's "partying" while Verstappen was in hospital as "sickening".
"He went from hero to zero as a sportsman in that moment," he told Ziggo Sport.
"Winning your home race is special, but with a penalty, a teammate who lets you pass and knocking his rival off, I didn't think it was fitting."
However, Doornbos also thinks Verstappen will quickly "move on" from the incident and the controversy - especially as the Red Bull driver actually used those words at the end of his Instagram post that was critical of Hamilton.
"I do believe that Max is so strong this year that he will park this and leave it at Silverstone," said the Dutchman.
"Actually, he has to let it go and keep going. He must allow the emotion to subside."
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Keep going max.what goes round comes around.any repeat of Hama's shunt will see him with a ban.good golly miss Molly
If Mazepin would have done what Hamilton did, he would have been arrested for attempted murder...
you said it but mazepin didnt do it .theres no justice in this world
Hamilton a hypocrite? Never!
Let's call a spade a spade.hes a hypocrite in my book.talks out of both sides of his mouth and elsewhere at the same time
I would think he is
It was not Hamilton's stunt. It was the usual poor attitude from Max. If it happens again Max will probably take a penalty. He should have a lot more penalty points than he has.
He desperately needs to learn patience. Literally being Bull-Headed lost him at least 18 points. Well done Max. If the reverse happened in that racing incident anyone would be a complete idiot if they reckon that Max would not celebrate.
Blinkered view of things
five days to go counting down to the next f1 action.go max go you r the main man
In football you get a Red Card. In F1 you get a meaningless 10 second penalty. If you push another car off at the fastest corner on the Calendar, it should be a black flag. Instead we get the sickening sight of Hamilton celebrating with the Union Jack. One of the few times I have felt ashamed to be British.
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