Bradley Scanes, Max Verstappen’s ex-performance coach, has lifted the lid on the mind games between the Red Bull driver and Lewis Hamilton during the epic F1 2021 season.
Verstappen and Mercedes rival Hamilton played out one of the
most titanic title battles in F1 history in 2021, with the Red Bull star
clinching his maiden World Championship in highly controversial circumstances
at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
F1 2021 remembered: Max Verstappen dethrones Lewis Hamilton
Verstappen’s victory came after he arrived at the title
decider level on points with Hamilton, with the pair inseparable for much of
that season – memorably making contact at Silverstone and Monza along the way.
Scanes was inside Verstappen’s camp throughout 2021 and, in
an appearance on the Sky F1 podcast, revealed the lengths both drivers would go
to in order to gain a crucial psychological advantage – including making each
other wait in the cooldown room at the end of a race.
