“It Was the Other Guy’s Fault”: Debates Spark On & Off the Track as Nemeses Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton Inevitably Clash at Interlagos
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – MAY 09: Second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing speaks with race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP in parc ferme after the F1 Grand Prix of Spain at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on May 09, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti – Pool/Getty Images)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – MAY 09: Second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing speaks with race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP in parc ferme after the F1 Grand Prix of Spain at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on May 09, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti – Pool/Getty Images)
It’s all kicked off at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix! We’ve already had a Safety Car and a bunch of collisions. But if you weren’t around a calendar, the Safety Car restart would’ve fooled you into believing it was 2021.
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have come together once again! Last year, at Interlagos they gave us one of the best wheel-to-wheel action that F1 had ever seen. That being said, this year, they have not always been near each other on track.
Irrespective, when Hamilton and Verstappen battle, you’ve got to expect sparks to fly. This time, at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, after the Safety Car restart, Verstappen slid out of Hamilton‘s slipstream into turn 1. However, while navigating through the Senna ‘S’, side-by-side, they made contact.
Fans react as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collide at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix
Fans quickly took to Twitter to share their reactions. It has been a season where the two have seldom seen each other on track. That being said, as soon as the two came together, there was an inkling that the two would come together. And they did!
Let’s take a look at just a few fan reactions to the epic tangle between the two World Champions.
VERSTAPPEN ITS ON SIGHT pic.twitter.com/DuDp5KhKJb
— mathilde (@adehilmt) November 13, 2022
Right, we are clear on who was to blame for the Verstappen/Hamilton accident then.
It was the other guy's fault.
— Pablo Elizalde (@EliGP) November 13, 2022
Here we go again with verstappen pushing lewis off grrr
— Lilian #teamlh (@halle690) November 13, 2022
We’ve heard the fans, but what do Verstappen and Hamilton have had to say about the incident? Well, for starters, Verstappen believes he wasn’t given any space. He came onto the team radio and said, “He left me no space, I’ve got damage.”
Max Verstappen after contact with Lewis Hamilton: "He left me no space, I’ve got damage."#BrazilGP 🇧🇷 #F1
— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) November 13, 2022
Hamilton wasn’t in the mood to assume responsibility, too.
Hamilton on team radio:
"That was no racing incident mate."
— formularacers (@formularacers_) November 13, 2022
In the aftermath of the incident, Verstappen was handed a 5-second time penalty from the Stewards. As it is in F1, the fans had differing opinions. Well, we have Verstappen fans and Hamilton fans on Twitter, don’t we?
“Where did they expect me to go?” – Verstappen over the radio🗣
Do you think Max should’ve got a penalty there?🤔#BrazilGP
— AnythingF1 (@AnythingF1_) November 13, 2022
I think there trying to make the LH fans feel better about 2021 because that’s a ridiculous penalty
— Jabe114 (@JoshMarty1143) November 13, 2022
deserved for being an awful driver
— Raul 🇳🇬 (@Rds_at) November 13, 2022
Irrespective though, the contact between the two World Champions has sent the F1 Twittersphere into a frenzy. Fans have come in swarms to Twitter to share their reactions.
Name something more inevitable than Hamilton and Verstappen making contact
— Matt Gallagher (@MattyWTF1) November 13, 2022
Hamilton and verstappen coming together again
Every F1 fan: getting 2021 flashbacks#WTF1 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/PwcevTt1pJ— MrWolfyface🐺 (@MrWolfyface) November 13, 2022
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Both Hamilton and Verstappen will be able to see different angles to the crash after the race. However, in hindsight, who was at fault? Did Verstappen deserve the 5-second time penalty? Or was it just a racing incident?
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