{"id":526501,"date":"2026-03-10T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526501\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:32:15","slug":"hamilton-sharply-rejects-verstappen-and-norris-criticism-of-new-f1-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526501\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton sharply rejects Verstappen and Norris\u2019 criticism of new F1 rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" title=\"Lewis Hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> was personally very satisfied with the racing the new regulations produced at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/grandsprix\/australian-grand-prix\" title=\"Australian Grand Prix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Grand Prix<\/a>.\u201cI personally loved it. I thought the race was really fun to drive. There was good battling back and forth. So far, so good\u201d- Lewis HamiltonSeveral drivers &#8211; most notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/verstappen-and-leclerc-agree-f1-has-turned-into-mario-kart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Max Verstappen <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/norris-warns-of-dangerous-new-formula-1-cars-not-a-nice-position-to-be-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lando Norris<\/a> &#8211; voiced strong criticism of the new regulations, a view that sharply contrasts with that of the seven-time world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with GPblog and other media after the race, he said: \u201cI personally loved it. I thought the race was really fun to drive. I thought the car was really, really fun to drive. And I watched the cars ahead. There was good battling back and forth. So far, so good.<\/p>\n<p>When it was pointed out to him that several of his fellow drivers had been highly critical, the Briton added: \u201cI don&#8217;t know, you have to ask them. For me, I thought it was awesome. Again, they&#8217;re all from further down the line with 20 cars ahead of you. They may seem different, but in my position, I thought it was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zijn-lewis-hamilton-kim-kardashian-stel.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"lewis-hamilton-ferrari-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Brand new\u2019 Hamilton thrills British media after eye-catching Melbourne driveHamilton\u2019s performance in the Australian Grand Prix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/brand-new-hamilton-thrills-british-media-after-eye-catching-melbourne-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drew widespread praise from the British media<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" title=\"Ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> driver narrowly missed out on a podium finish in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Although the podium ultimately slipped through his fingers by less than a second, Hamilton spent the closing stages piling relentless pressure on his teammate, remaining firmly in contention until the very final laps.<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton was personally very satisfied with the racing the new regulations produced at the Australian Grand Prix.\u201cI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[48546,49,48,578,28673,930,576,577,932,82],"class_list":["post-526501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-australian-grand-prix","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}