Both Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull have been boxing hard but it seems this has now turned into a cage fight. From Verstappen’s perspective, the stewards rejecting the review questioning the Dutchman’s driving in pushing Hamilton wide in Brazil will be welcomed. “There is no relationship, there’s a competition,” Horner replied bluntly. Both teams have made it clear that this is, as Horner noted, a “political” fight as much as it is one between Hamilton and Verstappen on track. On track for the first F1 race in Qatar, Verstappen was quickest in first practice with Hamilton in fourth.

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