Over 500 X users responded to Mercedes’ initial tweet, with others adding quote-retweets. Hamilton supporter @GarnizzySZN wrote: “Happy birthday to the 8-time world champion (still think he was robbed in Abu Dhabi), Sir Lewis Hamilton.”
Hamilton fans will be hopeful of pushing Verstappen for the title this year, and former driver Christijan Albers believes that he is the only man capable of preventing Red Bull’s Verstappen from dominating another season. He told De Telegraaf: “For the neutral observer, I hope that Mercedes will come with a better car in 2024. Because if you look purely at the qualities of the current drivers, I think Lewis Hamilton is the only one who can come close to Verstappen.
“I am mainly talking about the quality of being able to perform consistently and be very stable in lap times during a race. Just like Verstappen, Hamilton is someone who can manage his tyres wonderfully. Assessing certain situations, feeling the rubber; in that respect they are alone.”
