Pundit doubts Hamilton can learn much from Verstappen
May 12 - Robert Doornbos doubts Lewis Hamilton learned much about his 2021 title rival simply by driving behind Max Verstappen in Barcelona.
Before winning the race, Hamilton spent considerable time behind the Red Bull last Sunday and said afterwards: "I learned a lot about Max today - perhaps more than all the other races put together.
"Obviously I was following relatively closely and I learned a lot about his car and how he uses it. So it was a good race in that respect," said the Mercedes driver.
Doornbos, a former Red Bull driver, said he found Hamilton's comments "crazy".
"He would be able to see the lines he takes, that he uses more kerbs. You might be able to see how Max gets on the gas and that he has good traction," he told Ziggo Sport.
"But you can't really learn much else from it," the Dutchman insisted.
"It's also a bit of a mind trick, like 'I've got you now'," Doornbos insisted.
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All of this ‘’I learned a lot about Max today’’ is the biggest fairy tale since Snow White.
As long as Lewis continues to have the best car in history, he is going to try to make it look like he had a really hard time beating Max. All of this to cement the suggestion (myth?) that he is the superior driver of his time.
This is shaping up to be another boring season with Lewis never having to race close, but just stay out of trouble and bide his time until it’s easy to pass Max or whoever managed to get ahead. It’s a shame…
Perhaps if Doornobs had learnt from hamilton and others maybe he'd have a better record. You do learn from following others otherwise I've wasted money on track lessons, if nothing else hamilton would've learnt something about why the Red Bull is best car in F1 this year.
Who is this Doombass?
Jacques Villeneuve's business partner.
"...the Red Bull is best car in F1 this year." They have not been the best car in F1 at this point in the race schedule.
Lets see how the Season goes, if Hamster was not allowed to unlap himself, when Bottas goofed and took out George Russell in the Williams car, he would have maybe got 9th or 10th earlier this year. That would have changed the Points quite a bit. Red Bull has a car that with the Honda engine is very close to Merc, in addition Max is clearly a more Hungry and more Talented Racer than Hamster. I have to believe "the Winds of Change" have arrived.