The response of a crowd that’s closely populated by Dutch followers was very apparent after Hamilton crashed within the decisive Q3 session.
The incident got here after Verstappen was the topic of normal booing throughout the British GP weekend. A spin within the moist qualifying session additionally generated cheers, as did information of his issues within the Silverstone race.
Talking after ending eighth in Saturday’s dash occasion on the Crimson Bull Ring, Hamilton made it clear that any destructive response from followers was not welcome.
The seven-time world champion had beforehand spoken out on the difficulty at Silverstone, telling followers at Silverstone: “We’re higher than that”.
“I did not hear them throughout [the accident], I imply, I used to be going by means of a bunch of stuff within the crash,” he stated when requested concerning the response of the followers.
“However to listen to it afterwards, you recognize, I do not agree or condone any of that it doesn’t matter what.
“A driver might have been in hospital. And you are going to cheer that? I imply, it is simply mind-blowing that individuals will do this, simply figuring out how harmful our sport is.
“And I am grateful that I wasn’t in hospital, and I wasn’t closely injured, however you must by no means cheer somebody’s downfall or somebody’s harm or crash.
“It should not have occurred in Silverstone, although it wasn’t clearly a crash, and it should not have occurred right here.”
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG
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Hamilton had an eventful Saturday dash in Austria after his staff rebuilt his automobile across the spare chassis, and stated he was “grateful” to have made the flag after first lap contact with each Pierre Gasly and Sergio Perez.
“I simply bought a little bit of wheelspin, and was below assault from the automobiles round me,” he stated when requested by Motorsport.com concerning the first nook incident with Gasly.
“After which Pierre simply moved over on me, so I had nowhere to go.”
Relating to the Perez incident at Flip 3, he stated: “Identical factor, so fortunate. I am simply grateful to have completed, and I managed to get one level!”
Hamilton was adamant that his automobile did not really feel proper after the Gasly contact, saying “it undoubtedly wasn’t the identical as this morning, however it was drivable”.
“One thing’s mistaken with the steering,” Hamilton revealed. “Most likely nook weights could possibly be off. Might have huge toe-in on the entrance proper, or one thing like that.”
Hamilton spent a lot of the dash attempting to get previous the Haas of Mick Schumacher, which he lastly achieved within the closing laps. Nonetheless, the opposite Haas of Kevin Magnussen remained out of attain.
Schumacher stated he’d loved their battle, however lamented that he had not been allowed previous Magnussen earlier within the race, believing he was quicker than his Danish teammate.
“The Ferrari energy is simply an excessive amount of for us in the meanwhile,” he stated.
“I do not know if it is drag, or if it is energy, it is troublesome to quantify which one it’s.
“It wasn’t significantly probably the most enjoyable of races, it did not really feel that fast. However as I stated, I feel there was one thing not proper with the automobile after that.
“However an enormous, huge thanks to my staff for placing the automobile collectively. They labored loopy exhausting in a single day and this morning to maintain us within the race, so I hope tomorrow is a little bit of a greater.”
