Max Verstappen’s former performance engineer, Bradley Scanes, has revealed one critical “power trip” tactic the driver used to employ to annoy Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen — annoyed at how long it took Hamilton to get ready for the cool-down room or the press conference — began to change his full outfit, thus forcing Hamilton to wait for him.
Max Verstappen’s key power play over Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1 is a sport of fine tolerance and minute differences, but it’s also a major playing field for mental games.
After all, one’s on-track performance can often only be enhanced by a little off-track gamesmanship designed to irk a rival in a way that can net you even the slightest tinge of performance.
Back in 2021, as it became clear that Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton would be the primary