0b2d5380d8c680e06948ac3fcec7c5fdff44447b

Hamilton points at Red Bull again: "I would like more oversight"

14:10, 17 Jun 2021

byGPblog.com

Lewis Hamilton came very close to attending today's press conference as the leader in the championship. The problems he encountered at the restart after accidentally changing the brake balance cost him dearly in that respect. In France he will be only too happy to put that right.

Revenge in France

Hamilton has only managed to score seven in Monaco and Baku, a very disappointing result for the seven-time world champion. "The last two races were tough. We learned a lot and there is little we can't do if we work together," Formule1.co.uk quoted the Briton as saying at the press conference. The Mercedes driver is confident of having a better weekend in France though. "We've been good here in the past, but the Red Bulls are very fast this year."

With two poor results, the question is whether luck also comes into play in the championship. "I never really know how to feel about luck," said Hamilton. "There are definitely times when you have bad luck, but there are also times when you benefit from someone else's bad luck."

Big role for the tyres

Since Lance Stroll and Verstappen's two blowouts in Baku, there has been a lot of talk about the Pirelli tyres. Also because the cause of the blowouts has still not been determined. Hamilton thinks the tyres may play a bigger role this season than ever before. "I would like more oversight on how tyres are used. Especially the tyre pressure needs to be monitored more closely," the Brit hinted at the rumours that Red Bull had messed around with the tyre pressure.

Verstappen criticises Pirelli's vague statement: 'Should look more at themselves'

Bottas refutes rumours: "These speculations are not true"

Read more about:

15 Comments

siloviki 19 June 2021 at 18:31+ 1

shit up and race baby

At least you areny facing sienna, mansell prost this weekend

siloviki 19 June 2021 at 18:30+ 1

Shut up and race baby.

At least you arent facing sienna, prost, mansell this weekend

Neil Henderson 17 June 2021 at 21:24+ 3182

whether this is true or not it's smart of lewis to make these statements. he's in a championship fight. he should be using all his experience and tactics to gain advantage. like it or not this is what all champions have done in the past.

Hans Duiven 18 June 2021 at 20:36+ 313

The greatests champions don't need that hypocrite behaviour. First it was the flex wing, now the tyre pressure... What next?

F1Aficionado 18 June 2021 at 21:19+ 2477

Anything that will produce negative PR and annoying questions for Red Bull Racing, really!

Take your pick:
- the weight of the color on the chassis
- the effectiveness of this year‘s KERS mechanism
- the size and/or shape of the - as everybody knows - superspecial and oh so rulebendy battery in the Honda PU Setup
- …

(For the doubting readers cause sarcasm online is tricky: I made ALL of the above up!
But hey, Lewis seems to do the same and get away with it - why shouldn‘t I?)

Neil Henderson 18 June 2021 at 22:14+ 3182

you should look through the history of f1; they ALL did it; nuvolari, von ribbentrop, stewart, lauda, piquet (especially), prost, senna, schumacher, alonso. the only great i can think of that didn't really play games outside of the car was clark.

sicnarF 17 June 2021 at 16:33+ 8761

Lol look at this clown Lewis. How much more help does he need from the FIA? This is embarrassing.

Vish 17 June 2021 at 18:14+ 14459

Help? He basically said that the FIA need to make sure rules are followed, what's wrong with that?

sicnarF 17 June 2021 at 18:40+ 8761

The FIA is like Lewis's attack dogs he sends on anyone getting close to him ??? what a joke

Vish 17 June 2021 at 21:22+ 14459

If you really believe what you wrote, you should consider stopping watching F1, why would anybody watch what they consider arranged?

sicnarF 17 June 2021 at 21:56+ 8761

F1 has always been arranged, that is known. Go back at the Senna years against Prost. So I guess you should take your own advice and in fact no one should watch F1.

Robin71 17 June 2021 at 14:35+ 0

Haaaa Pirelli, gosto dos meus pneus mas, agora do preocupado.

Bert dr 17 June 2021 at 15:31+ 2845

Engels alstublieft.