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Hamilton had to let Verstappen go: 'It made zero difference'

Lewis Hamilton saw Max Verstappen take another Grand Prix victory on Sunday afternoon. Where the Englishman was leading just before the end of the race, Verstappen passed his competitor. The number two of the world championship states that for him there was nothing else to do but to let Verstappen go first."Firstly there’s marbles on the inside, so I didn’t want to make my tyres any worse than they already were," Hamilton explained at Motorsportweek.com. "He had the DRS open, if he didn’t pass me there he would have passed me on the straight afterwards so it made zero difference." Read more Verstappen on Hamilton's suggestion: 'Have you seen our wing?' Red Bull...
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