Thanks to such a hard-fought and intense world championship, Formula 1 is back on the crest of the wave and for the American ownership of Liberty Media there could not have been a better scenario than a play-off at the last race, with Max Verstappen e Lewis Hamilton arrived on equal points on the eve of the final race in Abu Dhabi. A real no-holds-barred show, which sees the experienced seven-time 36-year-old world champion challenged by the arrembante and cheeky 24-year-old, who would do anything to dethrone him. And we have already seen it in Saudi Arabia, where the two met wheel to wheel three times and on two occasions Max Verstappen was sanctioned – first with a penalty of 5 “and one of 10” at the end of the race.
Today’s edition of The Gazzetta dello Sport, signed by Andrea Cremonesi, wanted to highlight the importance of staying within the limits, after such an exciting battle: “In today’s sport, with the media and economic interests that accompany it, defeat is often mistaken for failure. Wrong. Because there are generous and very noble second places, to be celebrated only for the way they were pursued and for having produced them. After the one seen so far between Verstappen and Hamilton – in terms of talent, courage and emotions – one would want to invoke the final of the high jump at the Tokyo Games, with Tamberi and Barshim who have agreed to a equal merit gold medal“. The reflection of the Milanese newspaper continued: “Applause for everyone, however it goes. But on one condition: that they both play cleanly. There is a fine line that separates aggression, seasoned with a thread of malice, from incorrectness. The Dutch in Jeddah went a little further. Lewis from Brazil has changed gears and in the last three races Max has tried to resist him by putting on the field rather unscrupulous tactics. It will seem out of time, but remember – and with him Lewis himself – that a second place after having given everything is worth more than a success tainted by unsportsmanlike conduct“.
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