Hamilton denies being ‘a hypocrite’ over Red Bull dominance claims

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Lewis Hamilton says he can “hear about fans [saying] ‘well you had a dominating car too and now you complain’, but it’s not like that”.

Lewis Hamilton recently said Formula 1 should not allow teams to dominate for many seasons, as he believes they should strive for more on-track competition.

This caused some, including Red Bull’s Christian Horner, Helmut Marko and Max Verstappen to call him hypocritical.

In an interview with M4 Sport, Lewis said this is not where he’s coming from.

“It is their fault they’re dominating as they’ve done a better job than everybody,” the Briton said.

“I think just from my own experience, we hear about fans [saying] ‘well you had a dominating car too and now you complain’, but it’s not like that.


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“For us, we all want, even when we were at the front, you want the best competition always and you want it to be close.

“That’s what we’ve grown up dreaming up and what we go to race for to have competition. I never went to a race as a kid and wanted to be multiple seconds ahead of everybody every single time.

“But when you get a head start and have that buffer it seems easier with the way things are in our sport and the development.”

Lewis then reiterated Formula 1 needs to do something to prevent long eras of domination.

“Everyone progresses a similar amount in the year so it’s hard to close a gap. It’s even harder now with the cost cap.



“We’ve had the era of Michael, the era of Red Bull, era with McLaren and with Mercedes, and now with Red Bull again, and I think it’s great for Red Bull.

“They should bask in the glory and continue to enjoy it. We will work as hard as we can to stop that dominance at some stage.

“But it could be that with the era that’s how it will be – this will be their era as it has been in the past.

“We as a sport need to work better in terms of how the rules are set so that the fans aren’t deprived of those tight, close battles between several teams for a whole era,” Hamilton concluded.

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