Lewis Hamilton Still Holds Painful Place in Max Verstappen’s Memory With Latest Revelation

It’s a no-brainer to reckon that Formula 1 is a sport of speed. You blink and they’re gone too far, and within a minute they’re back again. Even though it’s a brilliant scene to look at, cars crashing against the barrier aren’t one. As the talks about the crash come in, Max Verstappen revealed his Lewis Hamilton memory to his fellow drivers.

F1 cars operate at a very high speed. Even though they don’t crash too often, there are times they fall prey to unavoidable circumstances and hence, hit the barrier at high speed. F1 drivers Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and Carlos Sainz discuss this.

As Sainz asked Verstappen, “Your biggest was Monaco?” [Referring to the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix crash when Verstappen was driving for Toro Rosso and clipped Romain Grosjean’s right rear and smashed his car against the wall]. To which Verstappen replied, “Yeah, well, it depends. Like front impact or side impact… I reckon Silverstone”

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Verstappen referred to the 2021 British Grand Prix crash when he was clipped by Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton at the copse corner. The crashes at times are huge and at times are little. It all depends on the speed they were in and the G-force they experienced on the impact with the barrier, as shared by the Red Bull driver himself.

Max Verstappen recalls the infamous Silverstone GP crash

The Silverstone crash was one of the leading talking points in the 2021 F1 season. The Red Bull driver was leading Hamilton to the copse corner, and that was when the Briton made contact with the Red Bull’s right rear, sending Verstappen off the circuit. The Dutchman hit the barrier at around 180 miles per hour with a 51G impact.

In a report published by The Guardian, the Dutchman shared his thoughts on this infamous crash at Silverstone, “It was the most painful one of all. It was tough points-wise but literally, it was very painful. My neck, my back, my shoulders.”

“I’m quite tough and I can take quite a hit, but it’s not good for your body or your brain to have an impact like that. I got home and for four days I wasn’t watching TV or doing any sim racing because your brain has to rest”, further asserted the 25-year-old Red Bull star.

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Even though the F1 world has come a long way from the crash, Max Verstappen still recalls the painful incident in Great Britain. Apart from the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Monza Grand Prix races, the Verstappen crash at Silverstone will always be an event to recall, even in the days to come.