has dismissed a declare that would have gained this 12 months’s world championship if he was driving for McLaren over .
That declare, from outspoken Crimson Bull adviser Helmut Marko, got here earlier than stormed from seventeenth on the grid in Brazil on Sunday.
Verstappen’s eighth win of the season to 62 factors with three races to go and the Dutchman can on the subsequent race in Las Vegas if he finishes above Norris.
But Sky F1 pundit Brundle refused to agree with Marko that seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton might have gained the title this 12 months if he was in Norris’ McLaren.
“I don’t agree with that, it’s a potshot,” Brundle stated.
“It’s a basic McLaren vs Crimson Bull [story], that’s simply typical System One paddock one-upmanship.
“We see it on a regular basis, I fairly prefer it truly. It’s all a part of the game.
“Lewis is likely one of the all-time greats… I don’t assume I’ve seen something Lewis is doing this 12 months which might have made sufficient of a distinction to have gained the world championship over Max Verstappen and Crimson Bull.”
Lewis Hamilton gained his first race in 31 months in July on the British Grand Prix and likewise benefited from George Russell’s disqualification in Spa to win the Belgian Grand Prix.
Nonetheless, after a troublesome weekend for the 39-year-old in Sao Paulo, he’s seventh within the drivers’ championship with three races left earlier than he joins Ferrari in 2025.
In the meantime, McLaren stay prime of the constructors’ championship, whereas Crimson Bull languish behind Ferrari in third.
