Max Verstappen has mirrored on Lewis Hamilton’s struggles at Ferrari and the opportunity of him retiring from F1.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton ended a disastrous first season with Ferrari ending sixth within the championship, almost 100 factors behind teammate Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton failed to complete on the Grand Prix podium for the primary time in his illustrious profession as Ferrari dropped from second to fourth within the constructors’ championship.
Hamilton ended the season along with his third consecutive Q1 loss, and the disappointing consequence led some to imagine the 40-year-old Brit ought to retire from F1.
However Verstappen does not assume F1’s nice rival is quitting simply but.
“It hasn’t been a very good season for him at Ferrari, you possibly can see that in all the pieces,” Verstappen stated in an interview with Viaplay.
“To be sincere, it broke my coronary heart too, it’s not a very good feeling to see.
“So, is he going to give up? I do not know, however he isn’t giving up, so he is undoubtedly going to be there (subsequent 12 months). But it surely’s not good to see that.”
Hamilton ends retirement talks
Hamilton tried to silence the naysayers by insisting he was nonetheless chasing his “dream” of profitable an eighth world title and returning Ferrari to its former glory days.
Requested how he would reply to doubters after the ultimate race of the season, Abu Dhabi, when Hamilton fought again from sixteenth to complete eighth, he replied: “I’ve nothing to say to them. They don’t seem to be even at my stage as a result of nobody has executed what I’ve executed.”
“It is the love of what I do and the love of racing,” he added. “I’ve nice help from the individuals round me, from my followers. It is at all times about conserving my eyes on my goals. I nonetheless have goals that I am hopeful about, and that is what I am engaged on.”
Hamilton vowed to “unplug” and stay incommunicado throughout the winter break.
“Proper now I am simply wanting ahead to the vacations,” Hamilton stated.
“I simply disconnect, I do not speak to anybody. Nobody will be capable to contact me this winter. I do not carry my telephone with me and I am wanting ahead to it. I am utterly disconnected from the Matrix.”
