He may well be a seven-time world champion and record holder for the number of GP wins (96), Lewis Hamilton suffered when Max Verstappen put pressure on him in the final laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
“It was horrible (laughs)!
It wasn't great.
I had to fight to the end with the rear of my car (which has been a problem for Mercedes since winter testing, editor's note) and my rear tires, which had maybe eight laps or something more than those by Max.
Ten laps from the end, I knew he was going to catch up with me.
I figured it was going to be almost impossible to keep him behind, which indeed was the case until the Turn 4 incident (where on lap 53 Verstappen overstepped the limits of the track overtaking Hamilton, before having to leave the first place to the Briton, editor's note), ”commented the Briton, winner of the first grand prix of the season.
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