“I don’t think Verstappen can get into Lewis’ head”– David Coulthard thinks Max Verstappen is wasting his time by getting involved with mind games

Tanish Chachra | 03/10/2021
"I don’t think Verstappen can get into Lewis’ head"– David Coulthard thinks Max Verstappen is wasting his time by getting involved with mind games

“I don’t think Verstappen can get into Lewis’ head”–David Coulthard thinks Max Verstappen shouldn’t invest in the shenanigans around the championship.

Max Verstappen Vs Lewis Hamilton is undoubtedly getting too hot to remain on the track, and the words reflecting the intensity of the rivalry are getting to the headlines of all the tabloids.

Hamilton’s former Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg has spoken of using ‘mind games’ to get the edge in the 2016 drivers title, but David Coulthard suggests Verstappen not get involved in the mind games against Hamilton as he would be wasting his time.

“You don’t have to be surprised that these two drivers, of all people, are fighting for the title,” Coulthard told Speedweek this week. “I’m firmly convinced that will continue until the end of the season in Abu Dhabi.”

“[But] I don’t think Verstappen can get into Lewis’ head,” he insisted. “They both have such strong teams behind them. They know they can win races at any time, and that creates an incredible amount of confidence.

“The two boys live their lives completely differently,” he continued. “Lewis flew straight from Monza to New York and spent time at the Met Gala doing fashion [while] Max has spent his time privately in Monaco with the family.”

It was a different story in 1994

Coulthard broke into the F1 scene back in 1994 and went on to be a part of teams like Williams, McLaren and Red Bull with 246 starts in his resume, but he admits that back then, things were different.

“I felt a lot of pressure then, but these guys don’t,” Coulthard recalled. “They’re racing against the very best but they just make fewer mistakes than we did back then.”

Now, Coulthard is regularly seen as an F1 pundit and also make track appearances with SkySports, often taking post-event interviews.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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