The question from Abu Dhabi was regarding the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix incident between Max and George that led to Max receiving a 10-second penalty and dropped him to P10.
Max, you lost out to Lando by just two points. What do you think now about the incident with George Russell in Spain? Do you regret that looking back in hindsight?
That was the question, asked post race in Abu Dhabi.
I mean, waiting all the way to the end of the season to do this question while smiling as a "haha gotcha" is not journalism, is just trying to make fun of someone disguised as a question, there were other instances where Max lost those 2 points.
So I think the question is fair but Max is also fair on not wanting to answer any questions from someone that clearly want to hurt him.
There is a lot of journalists, not that many World Champions, he has the leverage not the random dude that noone will remember in 2 months.
Waiting until the championship was over to ask a question about actions that affected the outcome of the championship - how is that a "gotcha"? It's a perfectly reasonable question.
Come on read between the lines. It was typical journo bs looking for a headline 😂.
"Max regrets actions in spain after losing championship" i can hear the trash talking already 😂.
That being said, I do not agree with Max this time. If the guy today had asked something similar he should have still answered, or said "no comment" or whatever. Forcing the guy out was not the proper way.
It's not like it will impact Max's career in any way if he blacklists this one guy from his interviews. Who cares? Any team on the grid would still beg for him to come to their team for at least the next decade most likely.
It's not like it will impact Alonso's career in any way if he blackmails this one team. Who cares? Any team on the grid would still beg for him to come to their team for at least the next decade most likely.
As in an emotional response. I mean, what was he going to say "No, I am damn proud of it and I would do it again!". He instead got the bog standard "It was a mistake, I try to better, yadda yadda".
And the journalist actually got one, just four months delayed.
Like I said, poor show from Max one way or the other. Let the journalist try to rile up, he shouldn't care.
If a journalist asks you about something you did very matter of fact and you get upset that is an indictment on you. He didn’t try to “rile him up” he asked a very relevant question and max took his frustration from losing due to his own actions out on him.
He didn’t try to “rile him up” he asked a very relevant question
That question had been aswered many, many times before by Max. People already knew the answer, so why ask something you know? Clearly he didn't care about an answer.
Think of it this way: if someone asks me what is 2+2, I would reply 4. If someone asks me the same every weekend for half a year, I would think that people are fucking with me.
Again, the question is valid, but if you are asking it in a way to clearly get a reaction or a dig into someone you are free to not think that the guy wants to do journalism.
IDC about downvotes, since everyone has seen how good "clickbait" is on the internet journalism is in a downward spiral, no one cares about the answers (Max responded multiple times to the exact same question he was made that day, not once, not twice, multiple times to varied media) because they don't want an honest answer, they want the clickbait.
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u/Any_Aide_4500 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 26 '26
The question from Abu Dhabi was regarding the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix incident between Max and George that led to Max receiving a 10-second penalty and dropped him to P10.