Max Verstappen, who had to drop out of the British Grand Prix after a spectacular accident with Lewis Hamilton, felt that his rival had operated a dangerous maneuver
and had shown disrespectful and unsportsmanlike
on celebrating his victory while he was in the hospital.
“A dangerous maneuver”
Glad I’m ok. Very disappointed with being taken out like this. The penalty given does not help us and doesn’t do justice to the dangerous move Lewis made on track. Watching the celebrations while still in hospital is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike behavior but we move on pic.twitter.com/iCrgyYWYkm
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) July 18, 2021
I am happy to be doing well. Very disappointed to have been taken out like this (in the first round). The given penalty (ten seconds for Hamilton, Editor’s note) does not help us and does not reflect the dangerous maneuver Lewis performed on the track. Attend these celebrations as the pilot (adverse, NDLR) is still in the hospital is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike behavior, but we are moving forward
, the Dutchman said on Twitter.
In a press conference after the 99th victory of his career, his 8th at home, Hamilton felt that he had no reason to apologize
and that Verstappen had “left him no space”.
Max is one of the most aggressive pilots
, also said Hamilton, 2nd in the championship behind the Dutchman.
However, the race management decided that the Briton was mainly at fault
of this collision and penalized him in the race.
After a breathtaking start, the two rivals were neck and neck at every turn. But at the turn Copse
, the 9th, during a maneuver to overtake Hamilton, the two collided. Heading into a spin, the Red Bull driver ended up in the security barriers.
He quickly got out of his car, visibly in shock, and left the track in an ambulance, after greeting the British public. His very damaged single-seater, testifying to the violence of the crash, was taken off the circuit.
After a first medical check-up at the circuit, Verstappen, 23, was taken to hospital as a precaution, before announcing that he had nothing broken.
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