Lewis Hamilton Discards 2021 Championship Battle With Max Verstappen With One Thorny Statement

Although the 2022 F1 calendar has moved to the seventh race in Monaco GP, the 2021 season is still fresh in everyone’s minds. There is no way fans can forget the heated battles between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. However, there haven’t been any battles between the 2021 championship rivals this year.

The seven-time world champion has been a Formula One driver for 16 years. During this long career, Hamilton has come across many F1 drivers who gave him a run for the money. And Verstappen seems to be the most challenging hurdle for the 37-year-old as they had to compete until the 2021 Abu Dhabi finale race to win the championship.

However, Hamilton doesn’t accept Max Verstappen as the hardest challenger in his glorious career. Instead, the Dutchman is one of the many talented drivers he faced, like Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. Even his former.

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In an interview, Hamilton was recently asked whether the 2021 world champion was the most challenging driver he faced. Replying to this, the seven-time world champion almost discarded his heated rivalry with Max and said, “One of many I have faced, and several. From Fernando Alonso onwards, everyone had great qualities.”

Lewis Hamilton is hoping for at least one win in 2022

The ongoing F1 season isn’t going as the seven-time world champion had hoped it to go. Hamilton hasn’t won a race in the current season. So far, he has only bagged a P3 in the season-opener in Bahrain, thanks to the Red Bull duo retiring. The Mercedes man reported the drivability of the car is affecting his performance.

The Brackley base eventually came up with development to resolve the porpoising issue in the Spanish GP. The W13 looked competitive against the 2022 frontrunners, Red Bull and Ferrari. Hamilton’s teammate George Russell even finished third, while the Briton himself finished fifth after dropping in positions because of the incident with Haas’s Kevin Magnussen.

But after the Spanish GP, Hamilton is hoping to win at least one race win with the German team this season. Hamilton said, “I’m dead set on getting a win, at least one win this year. So that’s what we’re working towards, but it’s going to be tough, of course.“

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Hamilton is now in Monaco for the seventh race this season. It would be fascinating to see if Hamilton can win the race in principality despite the poor practice sessions. Do you expect Hamilton to finish on the podium in Monaco?