PARIS, Dec 8 — 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.
The Briton’s against-all-odds win in Brazil, his cruise in Qatar and last Sunday’s victory in Saudi Arabia means that for the first time since Emerson Fittipaldi and Clay Regazzoni in 1974 the title protagonists go into the closing race neck and neck. “Max has more than a race to confront as he has them too on his back because they are bullying him and not playing fair.Ecclestone, 91, says if it comes down to mind games Hamilton is in the stronger position.
“For Max, this season is the first one he has had a car capable of winning regularly whereas before it was nothing like competitive.”Ecclestone hopes Sunday will produce a better race than the ‘club race’ he watched last weekend — and he believes the winner will be whoever is “luckiest”. “I always thought Alain Prost was really and truly the best. He drove the car alone without any help.
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