Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton united in reaction to Ferrari strategy blunder

Max Verstappen is incredibly in his eighth season on the Formula 1 grid, despite being just 24 years old.The Dutchman became the youngster driver ever to take part in a grand prix weekend when he replaced Jean-Eric Vergne for a practice session ahead of the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. The run-out was part of his preparation for his first full season in the car in 2015.He went on to make his race debut at the Australian Grand Prix aged 17 years and 166 days, becoming the youngest driver to start an F1 race.

Lewis Hamilton, 37, has apologised for the controversial video of himself telling his nephew “boys don’t wear dresses” when he wore one on Christmas day in 2017. In the clip shared to Lewis’ Instagram, the Formula One star said: “I’m so sad right now, look at my nephew.”He then turned the camera round and showed his young nephew wearing a pink and purple fancy dress costume while holding a heart-shaped wand.Lewis asked the toddler: “Why are you wearing a princess dress? Is this what you got for Christmas? Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas?“Boys don’t wear princess dresses!”The young boy giggled and innocently replied: “Because it’s pretty!”At the time, the video was criticised and Lewis was accused of “shaming” his nephew.

Naman Ramachandran Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to turn down a fighter pilot’s role in Tom Cruise hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” directed by Joseph Kosinski.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hamilton, who is a friend of Cruise, says that he saw “Top Gun” as a child and fixated on being a fighter pilot. “So when I heard the second one was coming out, I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I have to ask him [Cruise],’ ” Hamilton told Vanity Fair. “I said, ‘I don’t care what role it is.

Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton has piloted race cars to seven world championships, but had to decline the opportunity to jump in the cockpit of a fighter jet for a role in Top Gun: Maverick, he tells Vanity Fair in a new interview.

Lewis Hamilton told the world exactly how he felt about the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the end of 2021. The Mercedes driver was on the cusp of winning a record eighth F1 world title, but after a safety car was brought out with six laps to go, former race director Michael Masi intervened and turned proceedings completely on their head.His improvisation of the safety car rules enabled Max Verstappen to close the 11-second gap between himself and Hamilton and allowed a one-lap shootout between the two rivals to decide who would be crowned champion. Verstappen, on a new set of soft tyres, passed Hamilton on wheels over 40 laps old to take the race victory and the title.In a revealing interview with Vanity Fair, the seven-time champion reflected on the “disbelief” he felt after being “cheated” out of winning the title for the fifth consecutive year.

F1's governing body over their jewellery clampdown this season.The rule has in fact been in place since 2005 - before Hamilton had driven his first F1 event. Despite racing while wearing two earrings and a nose piercing since his first race for McLaren in 2007, Hamilton faced being banned from the British GP last month as bosses looked to clamp down on the guidelines.Hamilton has previously failed to remove a nose stud and several earrings, which he claimed were 'nearly impossible' to take out as well as another piercing which he failed to explain where it was.READ MORE: F1 Lewis Hamilton's luxury life - cars, jewellery, Monaco flat and insanely famous palsThe 37-year-old has now admitted to lying to the FIA about the hidden piercing.

Lewis Hamilton, 37, was in a relationship with Nicole Scherzinger, 44, for around seven years after meeting at the MTV EMAs in 2007.The Mercedes F1 driver has spoken out in a new interview about what he learned from the very public relationship and how he has since been learning to be "happy on my own".The pair's relationship seemed to be going from strength to strength with it even being rumoured they were engaged in 2014, before Lewis shut down these claims.Since the end of the public relationship in 2015, Lewis has kept his personal life very private and has not publicly dated anyone else.Discussing his private life in a new interview, the F1 driver revealed: "I learned the hard way, I learned the hard way."I haven’t talked about it much.

Zendaya teamed up with Sir Lewis Hamilton for a sizzling new photo-shoot in aid of Valentino that appeared on Instagram this week.They are fronting the iconic Italian fashion brand's new PP fall campaign, with help from the celeb stylist Law Roach.Law, 44, offered his more than one million Instagram followers several extended glimpses behind the scenes of the sensational shoot. Looking fab:Zendaya teamed up with Sir Lewis Hamilton for a sizzling new photo-shoot in aid of Valentino that appeared on Instagram this week There's Lewis:They are fronting the iconic Italian fashion brand's new PP fall campaign, with help from the celeb stylist Law RoachLewis, 37, the dashing racing driver from England, concealed his athletic physique underneath a massively flowing hot pink ensemble.A billowing jacket was thrown over his sweater, complementing his wide-set trousers as he struck pose after pose for the shutterbugs.

Lewis Hamilton has added his weight to calls for drivers in the all-female W Series to be given the chance to advance their motorsport careers.The ground-breaking series was launched in 2019 with the aim of being a launch pad for women in single-seater racing. The hope was that champions and the best-performing drivers would move on to Formula 3 or Formula 2, putting them in the frame for a drive in Formula 1 in the future.

Lewis Hamilton will take over part ownership of NFL team the Denver Broncos.MORE: The heartbreaking details of Rams QB Matthew Stafford's wife's brain tumor revealedLewis, 27, confirmed the news on Tuesday, taking to Twitter to reveal he had joined the Denver Broncos group, headed up by Walmart heir Rob Walton.WATCH: Trailer for Drive To Survive season three"Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the @Broncosstory!!" he tweeted alongside a picture of his pet dog in a Broncos neckerchief, adding: "Roscoe already thinks he made the team.""Honored to work with a world-class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports," he concluded.MORE: LA Rams' Matthew Stafford shares details of Prince Harry's visit to Super BowlThe ownership group also includes former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the wife of George Lucas, Mellody Hobson, the co-CEO of Ariel Investments."We're delighted to welcome Seven-Time Formula One World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to our ownership group," Walton shared in a statement, calling Lewis a "champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team and a fierce advocate for global equality, including his own sport".Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the @Broncos story!! Honoured to work with a world class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports.

Lewis Hamilton is being hounded by football-style F1 ultras who torch his Mercedes team’s merchandise before races.The sport’s bosses are worried by the increasingly aggressive behaviour of an army of uber-fans and have launched a campaign to drive out abuse. Video footage has emerged of orange-clad supporters of championship leader and rival Red Bull driver Max Verstappen burning Mercedes products at race tracks.One man was filmed laughing as he set fire to one of the motor company’s caps in the crowd at a drivers’ pre-race meet-the-fans session.

Lewis Hamilton, 37, finished the Formula One season in sixth place, however, the British world champion took an impressive second place last weekend during the Hungarian Grand Prix.The Mercedes driver has since taken to Instagram to share his sadness as the season draws to a close, admitting that over his summer break, he will "miss this energy".Lewis took to Instagram in view of 29.3 million fans to thank them for their support during his races.He penned: "That’s P2 and back to back double podiums for @mercedesamgf1!!"Proud of all the hard work we’ve put in as a team to get us to where we are today."Heading into summer break much stronger than we were at the start of the season. We are moving FORWARD and that win is getting CLOSER!"Thank you to all the fans, hope you enjoyed that one."He also shared a video to his Instagram story showing the F1 star greeting excited fans, who were eagerly waiting to meet him.Lewis captioned the sweet video: "Going to miss this energy over break!"Social media users rushed to the comments to share their praise to the motor racing star and wish him good health on his well-deserved break.Teamlhnetherlandss said: "Oh HELL YESSS that was an epic RACE.

F1 legend Michael Schumacher.Ferrari endured another day to forget at the Hungarian Grand Prix as a bungled tyre strategy cost Charles Leclerc the chance of victory. He came home a frustrated sixth while teammate Carlos Sainz had two slow pit-stops on his way to fourth.Meanwhile, Max Verstappen took victory to extend his already healthy lead in the drivers’ standings while Mercedes closed the gap on the Scuderia in the constructors’ table with second and third for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. READ MORE: Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin move could see highly-rated pair get F1 big break After the race, Binotto tried to defend the team, insisting the pace of their car, not strategy, was the problem.

Max Verstappen has slammed members of his army of supporters who have been spotted setting fire to Mercedes merchandise amid a worrying rise of bad behaviour at F1 events.At the recent Austrian Grand Prix, which was attended by legions of Verstappen fans, there were reports of racist, sexist, homophobic and general intimidating conduct. At least one supporter of the Dutchman was videoed burning a Mercedes cap.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has taken to Twitter to slam Ferrari in a fresh jibe as he tuned in to watch the Hungarian Grand Prix final today.

Max Verstappen took advantage of yet another Ferrari strategy blunder to rise from 10th on the grid to win the Hungarian Grand Prix.Charles Leclerc looked on course for victory at the Hungaroring after overtaking teammate Carlos Sainz in the pits and the Mercedes of pole-sitter George Russell on track. However, Ferrari opted to use the preferred medium tyres in the first two stints, meaning he had to use another compound for his third stint.

George Russell shocked the F1 world by storming to pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix.Entering the final seconds of Q3 at the Hungaroring, it looked like being a Ferrari front-row lockout with Carlos Sainz ahead of Charles Leclerc. However, Russell then conjured up the lap of his career to date to stick his Mercedes on pole.The Ferraris had to settle for second and third, with McLaren’s Lando Norris fourth.

F1 stars will be looking for the nearest TV following the Hungarian Grand Prix so they can cheer on England in the final of the women’s Euros. In a landmark moment for female sport in the UK, the Lionesses will face Germany at Wembley today for the right to be crowned European champions.

F1 fans – and Charles Leclerc – shocked after setting the fastest time in the final practice session ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. It has been a season of struggle for Latifi and his Williams team, who sit at the foot of the constructors’ standings.

LIVE – Updated at 18:42The Formula One season has just one race left before the mid-season summer break with Sebastian Vettel’s retirement announcement top of the talking points heading into the Hungarian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion announced on Thursday that he will be retiring from F1 at the end of this season, with just 10 races left of a 16-year career which saw him win world titles at Red Bull from 2010-2013.

Max Verstappen appeared to take a swipe at Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes as he showered praise on current title rivals Ferrari.Verstappen and Hamilton engaged in a battle for the ages for the 2021 F1 title. Their rivalry boiled over on several occasions, with the pair colliding at Silverstone, Monza and in Saudi Arabia. Eventually, Verstappen took the title in hugely contentious fashion in Abu Dhabi, with then race director Michael Masi’s botched handling of a late-race safety car effectively deciding the championship.