The intensity of the title duel between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, according to F1 commentator Martin Brundle, is something he’s never seen before.
Martin Brundle, a Formula One commentator, claims he has never witnessed “such passion” as this year’s title duel between Mercedes and Red Bull.
Since the season-opening Bahrain GP, the sport’s top two teams have been battling for the title, and both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships are set to go down to the last race in Abu Dhabi.
With two races remaining, Lewis Hamilton’s back-to-back triumphs in Brazil and Qatar have halved Max Verstappen’s lead to eight points, while Mercedes leads the Constructors’ standings by five points.
“This Formula 1 World Championship is becoming very intense, emotional, and at times personal, and the Qatar Grand Prix heightened that,” Brundle wrote in his column.
“I’ve not experienced such intensity before. This is a season which is unfolding on a swathe of contrary opinions, camera angles, images, data, information, misinformation, social media posts, and not a little bitterness and mistrust.
“It felt more like a movie than a motor race on Sunday.”
“Hamilton and Mercedes have raised their game”
Verstappen won easily in the United States and Mexico, but Hamilton battled back to win the next two races.
On his way to victory at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the seven-time World Champion led every lap, and Brundle is confident that he and Mercedes have improved their game.
“Under the floodlights of Qatar, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen appeared to be in a different category of racing, such was their relentless pace out front in pursuit of critical World Championship points,” added Brundle.
“Those two drivers remarkably appear to be the calmest members of their team from time to time.
“There can be no doubt that Hamilton and Mercedes have raised their game at a pivotal point of the championship.
“Lewis has found renewed trust in the factory simulator and works late into the night at the track as he impressively finds new motivation for an eighth title, despite his relative age, trophy warehouse, and significant bank balance.”
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