Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing shakes hands with Lewis Hamilton- Source: Getty
Former F1 world champion Damon Hill made a cheeky comment on Max Verstappen's motivational words of affirmation for Lewis Hamilton during the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix. The seven-time F1 world champion has had a tough time with the new generation of cars ever since they were introduced in 2022.
Although he has won two races in 2024, Silverstone and Spa, the 39-year-old has failed to extract the maximum out of his car every weekend. After getting P7 in the Sprint Qualifying, Hamilton cut a dejected figure as he claimed that he was "not fast anymore" as his teammate George Russell got less than a tenth of pole position.
However, Hamilton received support from an unlikely place as his arch-rival Max Verstappen had some words of motivation for the Brit. He said (via The Independent):
