F1: Max Verstappen is dismantling Lewis Hamilton

Former Dutch driver Robert Doornbos Max Verstappen is in the process of dismantling Lewis Hamilton.

Former F1 driver Doornbos believes the battles between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton take on a different edge to the battles Verstappen has with Charles Leclerc.

“Perhaps I liked the battles with Hamilton even better,” he said, in conversation with the Dutch subsidiary of GPFans.

“Look, because you just see that it really is the former king of the sport (Hamilton), against the new king (Verstappen) who is coming. Max showed really clearly: ‘I’m here and wheel-to-wheel battles, I’m not impressed by that, whoever you are’. And that must also be the mindset.”

“I think that is also father Jos’s [Verstappen] education,” he said.

“It doesn’t matter who you’re fighting with, it’s fighting for position and there can only be one winner. And Max understands that game very well. That is not to the detriment of Leclerc, I think he is a very talented driver, but he may leave a little more margin.

“He is a bit more concerned with ‘It’s Max Verstappen, I can’t make a mistake because I drive for Ferrari ‘. You also saw when he looked in his mirrors to see where Max was, he immediately made a braking error afterward. So, performing under pressure, that can be done a little better by Leclerc.”