Juan Pablo Montoya, a distinguished former Formula 1 driver, has recently raised doubts regarding Lewis Hamilton’s proposition to curtail Red Bull’s overpowering supremacy by imposing limitations on the development of next year’s car.
The illustrious seven-time World Champion, Hamilton, took to the forefront and urged the FIA to institute a specific commencement time for teams to commence their development work on the forthcoming season’s vehicle.
This appeal comes amidst concerns that Red Bull may have already shifted their focus towards the 2024 campaign, potentially giving them an unfair advantage.
It is worth noting that Hamilton, alongside his renowned Mercedes team, relished a remarkable era of supremacy from 2014 to 2020.
During this time, the Silver Arrows accomplished an astonishing feat by capturing every attainable title, with Hamilton himself clinching six Drivers’ Championships to solidify his position as one of Britain’s most celebrated motorsport icons.
Speaking to MyBettingSites, Montoya said: “It’s funny because Lewis keeps coming out and saying ‘it’s unfair, it’s unfair’.
“He’s already predicting that Max is going to win next year, but you look back at his period of dominance – ‘was it you, was it the car?’
“We were all happy for you when you dominated.”
In the midst of Red Bull’s unprecedented domination this season, emerging triumphant in every race thus far, the motorsport landscape unfolds a dynamic narrative that evolves with each passing event.
Montoya went on to express his thoughts on the unpredictability of race weekends recently as compared to the Mercedes-dominated era of F1.
“What is very intriguing is that you now go on race weekends and you don’t know who’ll be fighting who,” added Montoya.
“It used to be really predictable – you had Mercedes, then Red Bull and then you had Ferrari and then everybody else. Now, you have the Red Bull and everybody else.
“You look from 3rd to 12th, you have no idea what’s going to happen. You even look at the Williams and they’re qualifying 10th or 12th. They’re there.
“So I think the rules have been really good for the sport. They have closed the gap. I think the budget caps, in a way, have really worked.
“Red Bull made a really massive step in their car and they really know what they’re doing and they figured it out better than anybody else.
“But everybody else seems to be in this bubble and that makes for great motorsport. It’s giving people things to talk about.”
JPM has no experience of racing under a cost cap. The dominance of the RB19 design will last longer than it otherwise would do to that cap. All F1 drivers, pundits and fans need to keep that in mind.
What an idiotic reply can only be from a Mercedes fanbois.
Please cast your mind back to Mercedes dominance over 8 years and let me know how many years they competed without any budget constraints. They also clearly flouted engine development rules also remember, with comments about engines making funny noises and having to expire them the next race. That was clearly to do with the rocket engine produced for Lewis Brasil onwards for example.