In the end, Max Verstappen was seven tenths short for the victory in Bahrain. That, and he had to give first place in the race back to Lewis Hamilton after an off-track overtaking.
Leaving aside qualifying (Verstappen was almost four tenths faster than Hamilton), it is possible that the two will compete for the world title until the last race. Hamilton likes that, he shares with, among others RacingNews365.
“Yes, I am super excited and super happy for the fans that they are excited. I think it’s something all fans have wanted for a long time. Of course this is only one race, so we don’t know what’s next. With the pace they show could be further ahead of them, but we are going to work as hard as possible to stay in this fight and I hope for many more races like this with Max and Valtteri (Bottas, ed.). a long way to go, 22 races … holy crap! I’ll be gray when it’s over! “
Verstappen agrees with Hamilton, and he also thinks it will be a while before it is clear what exactly the difference is between the two teams.
“It was great today, but as Lewis says, it’s still hard to say exactly where we are in pace, but it’s been a long season so I think we’ll figure out how things will turn out.”
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