Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton protagonized an exciting clash during the Hungarian GP of Formula 1, with the Dutchman’s attack on the British driver at turn 1 of lap 16 being one of the highlights of the Sunday, 26th, battle.
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In the first pit stop window, the Ferrari driver went to the pits and returned to the track in third, ahead of the Red Bull rival. However, the four-time world champion put the RB22 inside the seven-time champion’s Ferrari and completed a dive-bomb to regain third place.
“I knew that was also my only chance, because they were not bad at all in terms of pace,” explained the competitor.
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“So, when I saw the opportunity arise, I took it and, yeah, it was a good move,” he added.
Two years ago, at that same corner, Verstappen attempted a similar move on Hamilton during the fight for third place on lap 63. At the time, he locked the front tires, hit Lewis’s Mercedes, and sent the Red Bull airborne.
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In the end, the stewards assessed the scene as a racing incident.
