“Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend”: Fans React As Mercedes’ Clever Tweet Aims Dig at Max Verstappen While Acknowledging Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez

The collision between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Brazilian GP has become the talk of the town. And recently Mercedes decided to jump on the bandwagon, taking a slight dig at the current world champion. The Sao Paulo race also saw Verstappen deny Red Bull’s order to let Sergio Perez through. As the situation develops, the Mercedes AMG F1 team put out. a tweet that left the fans wide-eyed.

Mercedes AMG F1’s official Twitter handle recently uploaded a video that shows the on-track battle between Hamilton and Perez. The video was uploaded with the caption, “Real racing at Interlagos. Maximum respect as Lewis battled Checo for P2!”

The footage was from the race when Hamilton overtook the former Racing Point driver to take P2.

The dig is arguably in reference to Hamilton and Verstappen not being able to race for long, as, from Mercedes’ point of view, Max made a move down the inside of turn 2 that led both the drivers to collide. The collision left the Dutchman with a broken front wing and forced the Briton to lose places.

“You know how it is with Max,” said the seven-time world champion in his post-race interview while pondering if he could have won the race if it wasn’t for that incident.

Fans react as Mercedes aimed the dig at Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton and Perez

The F1 world has seen many Hamilton versus Perez battles in recent years. Some of the races that come to mind are the 2021 Turkish GP and, of course, the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP. The most recent one was, however, in Brazil.

As soon as Mercedes’ tweet made it to the internet, the fans were quick to react to it.

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Given below are some of the reactions taken from Twitter.

The Hamilton and Perez battle gained more traction as the Briton and the Mexican’s father met and shared warm wishes in Britain as well as in Mexico.

Fans also pointed out how ‘clean’ Hamilton’s battle with Perez was. All in all, people agreed with the Silver Arrows here. This was a super clever post by the Mercedes admin.

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Do you think Sergio Perez vs Lewis Hamilton’s battles are more enjoyable compared to when the two world champions collide?