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Coronel claimed Hamilton is afraid of losing to Max Verstappen
The veteran driver backed Verstappen to beat the seven-time world champion this season
Sir Lewis Hamilton has been the biggest name in Formula One in recent times, but according to F3 star Tom Coronel, there’s one driver who could actually exceed the seven-time world champion.
In a recent interview with RacingNews365, Coronel weighed in on Hamilton’s career. Based on the Dutch driver’s assessment, Hamilton is “afraid” of only Max Verstappen, the lone Formula One star who possesses the qualities to “dethrone” the Mercedes superstar sooner in the future.
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2020 has been a year like no other in recent history. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, it was an achievement to even have a racing season at all.
For many, this will have been a year of loss and of hardship. It certainly won’t be a year that we look back on fondly away from the track, but being able to escape into the sport of touring car racing will have provided many of us with a much-needed distraction.
With that in mind, here is our annual quiz of the year; a bumper 20-question edition to celebrate a remarkable year of racing in the context of such adversity.