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Lewis Hamilton says if Max Verstappen was asked by his team to move over for his team-mate, he wouldn’t “let him pass”.
A lot has been said about McLaren’s team orders at the Hungarian Grand Prix, when they asked Lando Norris to move over for Oscar Piastri.
Piastri has been leading most of the race, with Norris following him in P2, but then McLaren decided to pit Norris first, allowing him to undercut Piastri.
This was done to protect Norris’ P2, however, after Piastri’s final pit stop, the Briton was now in the lead.
McLaren then asked Norris to let Piastri through, so that they can restore their previous order, but he waited until the final three laps of the race to finally obey the order.
In the meantime his race engineer was doing his best to convince him to do what the team has requested, which led to very tense exchanges.
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When Lewis Hamilton was asked what Norris should have done in this situation, he noted that Max Verstappen wouldn’t have moved over.
“It’s not my call to make,” the Briton said.
“I mean, if that was Max, he wouldn’t have let him pass. I don’t know what to say. It’s not for me to decide.”
Lewis then said he himself would have obeyed the team orders.
“If I was in that situation, I would do what the team asked me to do, as hard as it is. Ultimately, because it’s not about you.
“It’s about the 2,000 people that you’re representing and working with,” the Briton concluded.
