Max Verstappen Throws in the Towel Just Hours Before Blockbuster Battle with Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, for the first time since 2021 will start a race from the pole. Hamilon’s record-breaking pole position on a single track brought his tally up to 104. Hamilton’s pole might have given the Brit and Mercedes some hope for the race in Hungary. However, despite starting the race from the front, Hamilton is not the favorite. Like every other race weekend, Max Verstappen is the favorite, such is the dominance of the RB19 and the Dutchman this season. Despite all the scales tipping in Verstappen’s favor, the Dutchman is throwing in the towel.

Verstappen uncharacteristically threw in the towel ahead of the Hungarian GP race. The Dutchman believes the track conditions and the condition of the RB19 during qualifying will make it extremely difficult to overtake Hamilton. Verstappen revealed this opinion by speaking to the media, as quoted by Formula Passion.

“The race? It will be very hot, it will not be easy to overtake,” said Max ahead of the 2023 Hungarian GP.

Hamilton’s luck and his lucky charm are behind him. However, going up against his No.1 rival will be no easy task with history as proof. Their past encounters have brought them to this point, will the Hungarian GP add to this narrative?

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Well, everyone will soon find out but the weekend did make the two ardent rivals see eye to eye on aspect.

Ardent rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen see eye to eye as they wage war against the FIA

The FIA has changed the weekend format with the tire compounds as an initiative toward decreasing F1’s negative environmental impact. The hard tires during Q1, mediums in Q2, and softs in Q3 definitely brought a lot of excitement. However, this initiative to safeguard the environment can be done without the need to put on a show according to the two rivals.

“The format change is really not nice. Maybe they should look at the trashed rain tires instead of stealing the fans’ track action time,” said Hamilton.

Verstappen is of the same opinion. He said, “This qualifying format is certainly very interesting, for the show it is a good thing. If we had been able to shoot with the normal format, the Alfa Romeos wouldn’t have been so close, for example. I prefer the old format, but as Hamilton says the important thing is that on Fridays we can do laps for the public.”

The FIA has already changed the Sprint weekend format. This is in addition to that. Call them old-school but Hamilton and Verstappen are definitely against this change. What are your thoughts?

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