{"id":302398,"date":"2023-12-14T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302398"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:09:29","slug":"johnny-herbert-raises-his-devious-suspicion-about-hamilton-and-verstappen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/johnny-herbert-raises-his-devious-suspicion-about-hamilton-and-verstappen\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Herbert raises his ‘devious suspicion’ about Hamilton and Verstappen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Horner lifts lid on 'serious talks' with Lewis Hamilton about joining Red Bull<\/h3>\n

Johnny Herbert believes deciding the winner in a Formula One team made up of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen would come down to which driver was \u2018most devious\u2019. Debate over who would win if the rivals were paired in the same team has been widespread across the sport over the last few years.<\/p>\n

Hamilton was loosely linked with Red Bull earlier in the year. Team principal Christian Horner insisted that the seven-time champion once asked if there was a seat available at Red Bull.<\/p>\n

The Mercedes star has since denied making that request and has signed a new contract with the SIlver Arrows, ending speculation over a switch ahead of 2024. However, that has not prevented fans from wondering who would win the World Drivers\u2019 Championship if Hamilton and Verstappen drove for the same team.<\/p>\n

Former Sky Sports pundit Herbert has now weighed into the discussion, insisting that the \u2018most devious\u2019 would come out on top. But the former driver also believes the set-up would not work in reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re both aware that, to win races but, more importantly, a world championship is to be number one. There\u2019s your problem because when it was Senna and Prost, it was a very, very hard thing for [then-McLaren boss] Ron Dennis to be able to control,\u201d Herbert told Planet F1.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can\u2019t control it, whatever you try. Even if you stuck them in different rooms for that weekend, you\u2019d still have issues once they get the helmet on and they get on with their race.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re always going to have those incidents that we saw with both of them \u2013 once at McLaren, and once at McLaren and Ferrari when Alain had moved on. I think it\u2019s the same thing with Lewis and Max, you can\u2019t have those two elite drivers in the same team because you can\u2019t manage it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cLewis would be very aware that Christian and everybody \u2013 Helmut Marko and the rest of the team, Jonathan Wheatley, etc \u2013 their main support is Max, because they know Max will deliver.<\/p>\n