Lewis Hamilton vs Max Verstappen: Jenson Button’s F1 prediction as the race continues at the Hungarian GP

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen renew hostilities at Hungarian GP, ​​live on Sky Sports F1 this weekend | The Budapest race is the last before the F1 summer break, with competitors splitting the championship by just eight points.

Sky Sports F1’s Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have taken more “feisty” battles “gloves off” as their restart continues this weekend at the Hungarian GP.

After many fierce but largely respectful bike-and-wheel battles to begin 2021, the title battle between Hamilton and Verstappen suffered its first major flash point in the British GP when star drivers collided heavily at the start of the Silverstone race.

That, along with the fact that Hamilton has reduced Verstappen’s championship lead to just eight points after putting together a DNF home win, has significantly boosted the Hungarian GP’s stakes – the last race before F1’s August summer break.

And Button says the couple won’t retreat from here – though hoping they’ll at least clean up the air before the next fight.

3:00

Sky F1’s Martin Brundle will give his final verdict on the collision between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in the British Grand Prix.

“From now on, it’s going to be dim, which is good for us to watch, but whether it’s good for them – I don’t know!” said Button, 2009 world champion and former Hamilton teammate at McLaren. “Emotions are so high, these are two of the best drivers to have ever driven F1 cars, and it’s going to be a fisticuff for the next races.

“We just have to hope it’s done the right way. I think after this race hopefully they’ll discuss it, it’s important to me that these drivers understand what happened and they talk about it and move on, and then they can fight as they should gloves. Absent. “

1:22

Karun Chandhok was on SkyPad to take a closer look at how Lewis Hamilton won the British GP when he collided with Max Verstappen.

Although both sides – Hamilton and Verstappen and their teams Mercedes and Red Bull – accused each other of the Silverstone accident in a war full of words, Hamilton insisted he had “no problems” with his rival since the last race and that he was “open” to talking to him before Hungary.

“There are a lot of tough races coming up, and we need to learn to strike a decent balance,” Hamilton added as he approaches his next battles with Verstappen, whom he said was “too aggressive” at Silverstone.

The Hungarian GP will only be live in the Sky Sports F1 series this weekend.

Can Hamilton build the pace of Silverstone in Hungary?

Budapest’s winding Hungaroring track is a classic F1 track, and the one who could play more in the hands of Red Bull gave them an advantage over Mercedes in similar high-load circuits this year – although the Silver Arrows update certainly seems to have brought them closer to the team still the championship leader. despite the dotted Silverstone.

Hamilton has installed Red Bull and Verstappen, which are perfectly fine after a crash after a hospital trip, favorites for the event – but is only happy to be able to return to the title battle a few weeks ago because of his deficit.

“Honestly, it’s been such a difficult year,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. I loved this fight, but the emotional roller coaster, as always inside the championship.

4:12

Mercedes ’Lewis Hamilton argues that Max Verstappen was too aggressive during the battle in the early stages of the British Grand Prix.

“I really enjoyed the first four races where it was close [at the British GP]. Then we saw them take a step forward and I would say we’ve definitely made some mistakes as a team, but just lost a bit of performance, so to see the update go back and forth to battle and be relatively close and even qualifying beforehand was really, really amazing, and just seemed to inspire what the team toi.

“I thought we were going back to the title fight? Yeah, I don’t know. I prayed and hoped for it, but I thought it would be a long blow to try to get all the points back, but we’re closer now; he still has quite a few points ahead, but the race is on.”

Hungarian GP schedule in Sky Sports F1

Thursday
5pm: F1 show (also streamed on Sky Sports F1 on YouTube)
18.00: Drivers’ press conference

Friday
9.00: Formula 3 training
10 am: Hungarian GP Practice One (sitting opened at 10.30 am)
12.45: Formula 3 qualifiers
13.45: Hungarian GP practice two (session starts at 2 pm)

Saturday
9.25: Formula 3 Sprint Race 1
10.45: Hungarian GP practice three (session starts at 11)
13:00: Construction of the Hungarian GP qualifier
14.00: Hungarian GP qualifier
16.45: Formula 3 Sprint Race 2
6 p.m .: Ted’s qualifier

Sunday
10.55: Formula 3 Feature Race
12.30: Hungarian GP: Grand Prix Sunday
14.00: ENLARGEMENT OF HUNGARY IN 2021
4pm: Hungarian GP: Checkered flag
5 p.m .: Ted’s notebook
18.00: Highlights of the Hungarian GP