Lewis Hamilton has only been held off the world title once by Nico Rosberg since 2014. The German won his first and only world title in 2016.
Former F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve knows that Hamilton can be beaten: “You have to get in the head of Hamilton outside of the track. To beat him on the track alone is not enough, because he will always come back strong.”
“Nelson Piquet was a master at that, he was hard … too hard maybe. You also saw that Nico Rosberg managed to get into Lewis’ head and beat him. Bottas can still change, but there is are too few drivers who really do anything to win. “
However, the Canadian does not seem to believe that Bottas is a future world champion: “You often see that champions have that little bit extra. That they are tougher and do everything to win. At Rosberg you saw that he lasted a year. and then stopped because it was too hard mentally to last any longer. “
“Hamilton is very strong, but he also had a hard time against Jenson Button and Rosberg. He can certainly be beat. But, he feels very strong at Mercedes, which makes him almost dare to drive with his eyes closed. That makes him up. this moment so good, “Villeneuve says SkySports
Will Red Bull and Verstappen have to give up hope for title after Hamilton’s fourth victory? All that and more in the RacingNews365 F1 podcast, with racing driver Tom Coronel, F1 journalist Ruud Dimmers and host Thomas van Groningen.
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