Roebuck: Hamilton will win again then walk away
In his latest F1 Racing column, NIGEL ROEBUCK outlines his belief that Lewis Hamilton will dominate the next two Formula 1 seasons and then depart grand prix racing without a backwards glance
Lewis Hamilton can be charming, as we know, and he can also be churlish.
After qualifying poorly at Monaco in 2017, his mood was not good when he was asked about Fernando Alonso's Indianapolis 500 bid the following day. If Alonso could qualify fifth in his first venture into a wholly new environment, Hamilton suggested, it didn't say much for the level of competition.
Not surprisingly, that didn't sit well with the Indycar regulars, and Tony Kanaan's response raised many a smile at the Brickyard that afternoon: "I'm really not too interested in the opinion of someone who finished second in a two-car championship..."
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