Hamilton: Defending harder against Verstappen was “pointless”

Verstappen caught Hamilton on the penultimate lap of last weekend’s race at Paul Ricard, which the Mercedes driver had been leading for the previous 20 laps after Red Bull switched Verstappen to a two-stop strategy once he had regained the lead unexpectedly at the first round of pitstops.
After being waved past teammate Sergio Perez, Verstappen passed Valtteri Bottas for second place nine …Keep reading