Lewis Hamilton has hit out at his Dutch rival Max Verstappen at qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday morning.
The Brit has struggled in the early stages of the 2022 season after coming within a lap of winning his eighth title. “Traffic with the Red Bull," Hamilton said as race engineer Peter Bonnington replied: "Copy complete the lap."Hamilton then fumed over his team radio: "I had a problem.
The Red Bull was in the way." Verstappen had allowed enough room for Hamilton to pass, but it was a small gap that the Brit was forced to squeeze through.For his part, Verstappen was unhappy with the incident over his team radio too.The Dutchman enquired: “Was he on a lap?" As race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase replied: "Hamilton was on a lap yeah." Verstappen then delivered a simple response back to Lambiase: "****."Verstappen was fuming with himself as he could have been handed a penalty for the incident that could see him relegated down the gird for the race on Sunday. What did you think of the incident?
Let us know in the comments section Elsewhere, Lance Stroll and Nicolas Latifi came to blows after the Williams smashed into the back of Stroll's Aston Martin, causing Latifi to lose a wheel.The crash caused a red flag, and both men were eliminated from the first qualifying session as a result..
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