Hamilton not ‘playing fair’ with Verstappen: Ecclestone
The Hindu
Title challenger Max Verstappen has been bullied by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team this season, former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told AFP
Title challenger Max Verstappen has been bullied by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team this season, former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told AFP.
Verstappen and Hamilton are tied on points heading into the final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and Ecclestone believes the pressure of Mercedes’ “psychological game playing” has had a significant bearing on the title race.
Ecclestone —- who over several decades transformed the sport into a global multi-billion-dollar commercial giant — said Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff and Hamilton were “not playing fair.”
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