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Lewis Hamilton says he “wouldn’t rank“ Max Verstappen because it’s “an opinion-based thing“, but he has “earned his position“, and “done an amazing job with the package that he has“.
Max Verstappen is very likely to win hit third consecutive world title at the Qatar Grand Prix Sprint Race.
Taking this into account, Lewis Hamilton was asked to rank the Dutch driver among the F1 all-time greats.
“I wouldn’t rank him, I think ranking people is an opinion-based thing,“ the Briton said.
“I think he’s earned his position. He’s done an amazing job with the package that he has. Him and the team have been phenomenal this year, faultless, and I think they’ve raised the bar.
“As a team we have to look at that, and say: ‘Ok, these are the areas that we need to develop to be able to match that and compete.’
“I do hope at some stage we can fight them and actually have them in a defending position, but they should definitely enjoy the moment because they’ve worked for it.”
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Lewis explained that in his own case, he only wanted to achieve something like his idol, three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, and wasn’t concerned about his place among the greats.
“For me, I didn’t think about all the other champions, I only thought about Ayrton.
“For me as a kid, the dream was to get to F1, then the dream ‘I hope I can do something like Ayrton’. Then I got a world championship. Then I got three.
“When I eventually got three, it was very surreal to think that I had equalled as many wins and pole positions. That’s what blew my mind, for me.
“But then, of course, it does put you on the list with all the greats, which is a very honorary list,” Hamilton concluded.
