‘Don’t Say That Records Don’t Count if You’re Chasing That Eighth Title So Hard’: Hamilton & Wolff’s Plan to Belittle Verstappen Backfires

Max Verstappen is the talk of the town as he should be. The Dutchman made history in Monza, that will live on for years to come. The Dutchman is collecting plaudits for the incredible achievements from the entire world of F1, except the Mercedes camp. Lewis Hamilton launched a personal attack on Verstappen ahead of the race. However, it was the post-race “those numbers are for Wikipedia” comment from Toto Wolff that is generating all the animosity.

Wolff‘s post-race comment spread like wildfire across the world of F1 and the criticism toward the Mercedes boss began. Many labeled the comments as petty and disrespectful. Now, speaking on the NOS Formula 1 podcast, as quoted by F1 Maximaal, former engineer Ernest Knoors has also joined the list.

“Wolff and Hamilton have been very busy with Lewis’ eighth world title. Records are just for Wikipedia? It is very unbelievable and I think that is a weakness,” says the former engineer. “They are sore losers. You saw that when Max won his first world title. You can argue a lot about that, but at some point, you have to close it down and say: it’s done. You shouldn’t say that records don’t count if you’re really chasing that eighth title yourself. You’re making a bit of a fool of yourself.”

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The Italian engineer did not hold back while expressing his opinion on Wolff’s comments while making a valid point. However, there is one comment about the Red Bull man which came from the Mercedes camp, which some are reluctantly agreeing with.

Lewis Hamilton’s criticism of the media in favor of Max Verstappen gets a vote of approval from some

Similar to Wolff, Hamilton also made a comment about the reigning world champion, which without consideration would’ve come off as petty criticism. However, after the dust settled and after a careful revisit of Hamilton’s statement, F1 entities started agreeing with the Brit.

Slowly, people have started agreeing with Hamilton’s claim that he has faced more difficult teammates compared to Verstappen. Additionally, his criticism was directed toward the media for giving Verstappen’s victories more attention than Hamilton’s achievements ever did.

Agreeing with Hamilton, former driver Christijan Albers said, “The reality is that he (Hamilton) is right because Bottas was good at qualifying and Russell is of course also a serious fighter. If you look at Hamilton’s teammates in the past, he secretly has a point. Whether you like it or not. Max also sometimes says something about Lewis and we are not allowed to say anything about that?’”

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Valid point and objective perspective to look at Hamilton’s comments. However, we are sure the Brit will still receive criticism, at least from the fans, for even his comments. Not many escape the wrath of X.