{"id":297984,"date":"2023-12-13T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297984"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:53:58","slug":"christian-horner-confirms-lewis-hamiltons-max-verstappen-suspicions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/christian-horner-confirms-lewis-hamiltons-max-verstappen-suspicions\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner confirms Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s Max Verstappen suspicions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hamilton certain Red Bull&#039;s fate is sealed after what F1 rival Verstappen did<\/h3>\n<p>Red Bull chief Christian Horner has confirmed Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s suspicion that Max Verstappen &#8220;hasn&#8217;t broken a sweat&#8221; all season by suggesting that the Dutchman could have &#8216;pushed harder&#8217; this year.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen was utterly dominant in 2023, winning 19 out of 22 Grand Prixs. The Red Bull star became the first driver to break the coveted 500-point barrier and won the Drivers&#8217; Championship title by a landslide 290 points.<\/p>\n<p>Seven-time world champion Hamilton, knows all too well how it feels to be on top of the grid, and spoke from a place of nostalgia as he poured praise onto Verstappen and Red Bull in his post-season review.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You watch the Red Bull, and it does everything well. It looks very similar to my 2020 car, characteristic-wise. Super-stable. They are firing on all cylinders. It looks like it\u2019s in that kind of window like we used to have, which for a driver is a dream because then you can really extract your own personal abilities to the max,&#8221;\u00a0Hamilton told The Race.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/Max-Verstappen-Lewis-Hamilton-5112847.jpg?r=1702463846743\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think we have ever really truly pushed them\u2026 maybe Austin we were the closest but even then I think they still always had a tenth or two on us at the bare minimum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You go through lap times and some of the data from Max [Verstappen], and you can see he is chilling at the front more often than not,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I don\u2019t think he has broken a sweat during the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Daniel Ricciardo opens up on &#8216;punches in the gut&#8217; after calling for F1 &#8216;answers'[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton wishes denied by FIA with teams set to travel to Rwanda[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton at odds with FIA decision as Max Verstappen makes Red Bull demand[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/Christian-Horner-5112848.jpg?r=1702463846797\"><\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with Sky Sports\u00a0Horner was asked how often Verstappen was cruising during the races he won? To which, he replied: &#8220;There&#8217;s always an element of managing because the tires are pretty sensitive, so not overstressing the car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But that concertinas at different points in the year and we basically stopped developing the car mid-year because, with the wind tunnel restrictions that we&#8217;ve had, we had to pick and choose where to deploy our resources. So you saw in the second half of the year the field ebbing ever closer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certainly, at the beginning of the year, I think that first race in Bahrain, we could have been another 20 seconds up the road if he&#8217;d had been pushing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/206x206\/1631534804395.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1631534809832.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1631534809832.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Full access to all live timing features. F1 history on-demand.Exclusive documentaries.650+ historic races from the F1 archives.<\/p>\n<p> This box contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/f1-autosport\/1845008\/Christian-Horner-Lewis-Hamilton-Max-Verstappen-F1-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hamilton certain Red Bull&#039;s fate is sealed after what F1 rival Verstappen did Red Bull chief Christian Horner has confirmed Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s suspicion that Max <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/christian-horner-confirms-lewis-hamiltons-max-verstappen-suspicions\/\" title=\"Christian Horner confirms Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s Max Verstappen suspicions\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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