mikeyg123 wrote:
pokerman wrote:
mikeyg123 wrote:
pokerman wrote:
Indeed Hamilton's early laps were more about keeping out of trouble while Verstappen was totally going for it.
Yes although lets not forget, he did pass three cars in one go so he wasn't being that cautious. Neither was he cautious when he refused to leap out of the way for Verstappen. But yes, Hamilton has become a lot more cautious. At 23 he was as impetuous as Verstappen is at 20.
Indeed, what Verstappen does have at the moment is all the time in the world but his youthful impatience will probably not let him realise that, he wants it right here, right now.
I did say that last year he was getting involved in too many collisions and with that will bring retirements or races ruined.
Last year he was unfortunate with poor driving around him. Irrelevant as to what has happened in the first two races this year.
Well I agreed with Pokerman that last year, Verstappen did basically put himself at risk a few too many times. I won't blame him at all in Austria or Singapore. But in Spain, going on the outside of 2 drivers that were already going in tight really wasn't the smartest move. He could have gone a lot wider. I have to say he was heavily to blame for that. And as they didn't investigate it further even though Bottas got away with it, I couldn't blame Bottas.
There were other occasions he took risks but got away with them. Such as Canada where he contacted Vettel's front wing with his left rear tyre by risking an overtake. Not often you get away with that. They again, he did the same on Hamilton in Mexico and hit his right rear tyre again. This made Mercedes decide to change Hamilton's front wing due to the damage. Then Verstappen also took a risk when trying to retake the position of Ricciardo in Hungary. And it cost himself a pretty likely 3rd place and the team a whole load more points.
I think he was very lucky to get away with some of the things he did last year although I have to say, it did seem like some were worth it. But I think he should now realise that doing these sorts of things can go wrong as he's had yet another contact which has this time ended his own race. And I think Australia was an example of him trying to hard. I know Verstappen isn't in a car that can likely win the title, but he needs to take less risks as taking as many as he has has so far proved costly.