A Hamilton fan ‘trolls’ Verstappen’s orange tide at the Netherlands GP with a small plane

The fight between Lewis hamilton and Max verstappen for the title of Formula 1 world champion is being settled on all fronts, including those that are disputed off the asphalt. The hobbies of both have come to play a key role for the psychological factor, and the arrival of the Netherlands GP tension has risen.

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The boos to Hamilton by the ‘orange tide’ have already been seen in other Grands Prix, but in this return to the winding Zandvoort complaints to him have become more acute. Proof of this was the abandonment of the seven-time champion in the free seconds due to a breakdown: while he got out of the car, the Verstappen fans (easily identifiable by the Orange characteristic) celebrated it in a big way.

This is long overdue. When Hamilton rammed Verstappen at Copse during the British GP, the fans of the Briton celebrated it in the first instance until they realized the severity of the blow.

That was not forgotten by the Dutch, who now take revenge on every occasion they can, also on the networks and using the cliché and reportable racism as a method to attack the seven-time champion.

Hamilton, however, is not alone in Zandvoort. It has support in the sky, literally, since the fans have been surprised by the irruption of a plane that took off from a runway near the beach of this small town to unfurl a banner that reads “Seven times world champion. Simply wonderful.”.

During the press conference the previous Thursday, Verstappen already warned that he was not going to stop his fans from booing Hamilton. “Boos to Hamilton are not my responsibility. In any soccer game the rival always receives boos and no manager or player thinks of asking not to whistle the other way, “he recalled.