F1. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen punished by their teammates in Monaco!
Obviously, to sum up the current season with this Monegasque F1 qualifying session alone would be excessive…Nevertheless, during the decisive session of the 2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand-Prix, the duettists of last season demonstrated that they had lost their superb, if only in qualifying, this season. Indeed, the new regulations would not be particularly favorable to Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Hence the close made by their teammates…
Formula 1: Max and Lewis more in difficulty with the new generation F1?
Admittedly, last Saturday in Monaco, bad luck – or rather, the lack of success – got involved in the debates, impacting in particular Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. However, since the start of the season, both will favor more than in previous years, against their teammates. For the Briton, he has qualified behind George Russell several times. Sometimes with big differences. And concerning the Dutchman, remember that Sergio Perez had already beaten him in Saudi Arabia, by signing pole position and that he qualified several times not far from him. While so far (before 2022), Max had hardly ever been threatened in the exercise of qualifications, by his stablemate.
“We have little downforce at the back. Lots in the front, but nothing in the back. Today the feelings [dans la voiture] were better but it seems that we are more lent, I don’t really know why. We have the impression of having improved the car in terms of rebounds, but we were lent more. Lewis Hamilton
Obviously, the situation between the two men has little to do with Verstappen leading the drivers’ classification with the fastest F1 in the race, while Hamilton is fighting for places of honor, far behind his teammate on the chart of accounts. With a silver arrow plagued by excessive porpoising. However, Helmut Marko’s remarks a few weeks ago were echoed in Monaco, the Austrian having then conceded that the new generation single-seaters were not suitable for his colt. Explaining, in this way, the closeness of Perez… And if Toto Wolff never dared to say anything, we imagine that the situation is the same for number 44.
Be that as it may, with the forecast rain, on a circuit as legendary as that of Monaco, the reaction of the two champions is expected, from this afternoon…
Article published on 05/29/2022 at 7:01 a.m.
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