One of the longest-serving drivers in the sport, Lewis Hamilton has faced many foes during his career. However, the Brit has come together multiple times in his short rivalry with Max Verstappen. We are not sure about the reason and neither is Verstappen but he is still careful while discussing the topic. Why? “Because in England this can very quickly be received as criticism.”

Speaking to Motorsport.com the Red Bull man dove into the topic of his collisions with Hamilton. The majority of the collisions between the two happened in the close-fought battle in 2021. However, due to the poor state of the W13, the two were in different parts of the track on most occasions except in Brazil. History repeated itself in Brazil and Verstappen received all the blame and a five-second penalty. A perplexed Verstappen has opened up about the frequent coming together.

He said, “I always respect Lewis a lot for what he has achieved in the sport, but that’s why I don’t really understand why we cannot really race like I’ve been doing with the others.”

The Red Bull man also revealed how he has to mince his words while discussing this topic. “Because in England this can very quickly be received as criticism. And then I’m being called out on it. And then people start to hate on you. Well, that’s not my intention,” he concluded.

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Verstappen isn’t sure why the two come together so often but he believes it might have to do with their age.

Max Verstappen blames the generational gap between himself and Lewis Hamilton for the frequent crashes

Hamilton will soon turn 38 and Verstappen is still in his mid-twenties. This could be one of the reasons he doesn’t crash as often with drivers his same age as much as he does with Hamilton believes the Dutchman.

“I don’t understand. Maybe it’s just a generation thing – that we understand each other better, we are racing nicer to each other. I don’t get it,” he said.

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Maybe it’s the generational gap or it’s the sense of one-upmanship. Either way, the two are extremely fierce rivals and we can see more of the same as the years pass.