News Details

Hamilton win celebrations were ‘political' – Plooij

Jul.21 A prominent Dutch Formula 1 pundit thinks Lewis Hamilton's jubilant post-British GP celebrations had a 'political' edge. After serving a penalty for the race-ending Max Verstappen clash, Hamilton emerged from his Mercedes cockpit in an unusually triumphant mood – triggering a fiery and controversial response from his critics. Jack Plooij, the popular pitlane reporter for Ziggo Sport, said it was notable that Hamilton's attitude about the sellout crowd at Silverstone suddenly changed. 'Lewis said on Thursday that he didn't like that there would be a crowd so large,' he told the F1 Aan Tafel podcast. 'He said he found it scary – the infections and the danger. But after...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen Slams Hamilton’s ‘Disrespectful’...

Red Bull ace Max Verstappen has hit out at Sir Lewis Hamilton on social...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Verstappen calls Hamilton's celebrations...

Max Verstappen issued his first public reaction to his painful demise...
4y ago from F1i.com

Verstappen vilifies Hamilton as "disrespectful...

Max Verstappen has brandished F1 championship rival Lewis Hamilton as...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Verstappen calls Hamilton celebrations...

Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton got off lightly for a “dangerous...
4y ago from Racer.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Carabao Cup quarter-final...

Updates from 8pm GMT kick-off as Chelsea await victors<br>⚽ <a...
32m ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal track defender who has been compared to...

Arsenal are keeping a close watch on one of Italy’s most exciting young...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Jamie Carragher picks Premier League Team of the...

Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike and Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo have...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.