Lewis Hamilton Struggling to Accept Red Bull and Verstappen ‘Opposition’: Marko

Lewis Hamilton doesn’t often make mistakes, but when he does, rivals jump at the opportunity to beat him. That was the case in Imola where Max Verstappen took the lead after Hamilton had a slip-up. Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko feels that the seven-time world champion is not ready to give up to his rivals.

The Knight made a huge mistake in the opening laps of the race. Hamilton couldn’t cope with Red Bull’s pressure and gave enough room to Verstappen to take the lead. He kept fighting to take the position back but failed to do so.

Helmut Marko feels Lewis Hamilton is massively against his opposition

Speaking to RTL, as quoted by Sport1, Marko said, “That means that we have to maintain the pressure constantly, if not even increase it. When the necessary pressure is there, you can see reactions.”

“That Hamilton is not willing to accept this opposition. He is massively and with great vehemence against it,” Marko explained. (Translated from German via Google)

Christian Horner feels Hamilton was extremely lucky at Imola

The team principal for Milton-Keynes squad, Christian Horner, states that the seven-time champion was fortunate that he could salvage his race. Hamilton could have had a bad result, but his determination saw him finish P2.

He said, “It has to be said that Lewis was extremely fortunate, a sentiment I’m sure he would echo. The red flag, which was caused by his teammate, allowed him to un-lap himself after his own accident when he would have been effectively out of the race for a podium finish.”