Boos can be good news for Mercedes in Monza
Lewis Hamilton welcomes tifosi venting their anger at the podium, saying it empowers him
04 September 2019 - 16:32
Monza — The louder the booing, the more Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is likely to be smiling after the Mercedes driver’s annual incursion into Ferrari’s home territory on Sunday.
In 2018 the Italian team locked out the front row at Monza with Kimi Raikkonen a popular pole-sitter after the sport’s fastest lap. When Hamilton then won, equalling Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record five Italian Grand Prix triumphs by delivering Mercedes’s fifth successive win at the Pista Magica, some of the locals vented their anger at the podium...
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