{"id":589751,"date":"2026-04-06T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:00:09","slug":"lewis-hamilton-takes-on-f1-pundits-as-verstappen-fia-action-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589751\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton takes on F1 pundits as Verstappen FIA action ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Ferrari\u2019s Lewis Hamilton renewing his criticism of F1 pundits as David Coulthard rules out the prospect of the FIA intervening to prevent Max Verstappen from quitting.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s blast through the day\u2019s main headlines at breakneck speed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton renews criticism of F1 pundits<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton says he still sees \u201ccertain individuals\u201d who haven\u2019t \u201chad anywhere near the success I\u2019ve had\u201d speaking negatively against him in the media.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after he hit back at the likes of Nico Rosberg and Ralf Schumacher at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has enjoyed a solid start to his second season with Ferrari in F1 2026, claiming his first podium finish in red in China.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/lewis-hamilton-nico-rosberg-retirement-my-level\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton lands \u2018not on my level\u2019 retort as Rosberg among retirement talkers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Coulthard doubts FIA intervention over Max Verstappen quit threats<\/p>\n<p>Former McLaren and Red Bull driver David Coulthard does not believe the FIA will intervene to stop Max Verstappen quitting Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has been a fierce critic of the F1 2026 rules, warning at the Japanese Grand Prix that the regulations could end up driving him away from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time world champion, who has made no secret of his desire to try other forms of motorsport, will participate in the Nurburgring 24 hours next month.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/max-verstappen-exit-david-coulthard-fia-2026-regulations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Coulthard plays down FIA response as Max Verstappen exit talk grows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo finally addresses Red Bull \u2018regret\u2019 theory<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo fears his F1 career may have \u201cended even quicker\u201d if he had opted to remain at Red Bull beyond 2018 and found himself \u201cobliterated\u201d by Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p>And he has denied that he was \u201crunning from a fight\u201d when he opted to join Renault for the 2019 season.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo claimed all but one of his eight career victories with Red Bull between 2014-18 before spells with Renault, McLaren and Racing Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/daniel-ricciardo-max-verstappen-red-bull-regret-obliterated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull regret? Daniel Ricciardo admits Verstappen might have \u2018obliterated me\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honda reveals vibration issue worsens with Aston Martin AMR26<\/p>\n<p>Honda has revealed that its engine vibration issue is worse on track with the Aston Martin AMR26 than it is on the dyno.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Martin and Honda have been blighted by severe engine vibrations at the start of F1 2026, with Fernando Alonso spotted removing his hands from the steering wheel on occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer saw promising signs with a fix to the problem at the recent Japanese Grand Prix, but opted against running the remedy in qualifying and the race due to reliability concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/honda-aston-martin-amr26-engine-vibrations-koji-watanabe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honda admits Aston Martin AMR26 worsens engine vibration issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why overtaking should not be overlooked in proposed F1 2026 rule changes<\/p>\n<p>Refinements to the F1 2026 regulations will be discussed in a meeting between the FIA, FOM and the teams this week.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the FIA admitted after the Japanese Grand Prix that the increased closing speeds of the F1 2026 cars contributed to Oliver Bearman\u2019s accident at Suzuka.<\/p>\n<p>Tweaks to qualifying are expected to be high on the agenda, but PlanetF1.com\u2019s Henry Valantine says the racing spectacle should not be an afterthought in any proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/f1-2026-rules-overtaking-debate-qualifying-issues\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1 risks repeating past mistakes with F1 2026 rule tweaks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Ferrari\u2019s Lewis Hamilton renewing his criticism of F1 pundits as David Coulthard rules&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,813,816,818,823,825,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-589751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-home-page","15":"tag-lewis-hamilton","16":"tag-max-verstappen","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}