07/09/2026
"When you fight by the sword, you die by the sword"
I guess it's something he'll have to get used to. Leclerc ain't going to be Valtteri, that is for sure, and when you show aggression, with aggression it would be returned.
What rules are we talking about? Going that deep on T1 in Monza was always going to compromise whoever driver was on the outside, albeit legit, it was aggressive given it's the start of the race, and in this case it is his teammate, Leclerc, especially given the approach on the far left by Max Verstappen.
So, by doing so, Lewis Hamilton invited aggression, and he got exactly what he signed up for going in that Turn 1. I don't see how a race driver with the resume he has can be surprised by what happened there.
Now going publicly and acting as a victim, that is old classic Hamilton, as Marc Presley (former McLaren employee in the year of 2007) would say: "He has equal share in the guilt, and would go in front of the press acting as if he is an angel, and we knew he wasn't, and that didn't sit well with us."
It didn't sit well with me either as I saw him through and he still hasn't learned to race and take it if he lost it.