Robert Kubica Critical of Hamilton’s Driving Style

BMW’s Robert Kubica says Lewis Hamilton’s driving style is regarded as dangerous by his rivals, bringing the expected blowback from McLaren.

Kubica ignited a paddock argument when he told a newspaper that the championship leader had drawn the ire of other drivers for his forceful overtaking maneuvers.

Exhibit A in the Pole’s argument was Hamilton’s drive in the Italian Grand Prix when he forced Toyota’s Timo Glock onto the grass and Red Bull’s Mark Webber up an escape road as he forced his way through the field.

“What he did was too much and dangerous,” Kubica told Bild Zeitung.

“It was a topic (in the drivers’ meetings) and most of them had a similar view. But at the end we can only talk. If someone is convinced they’re allowed to do it, then we don’t have any influence.”

Hamilton diplomatically declined to be drawn into a spat, but McLaren team principal Ron Dennis was less restrained.

“His objective should be to raise his own performance, do the best he can and keep those comments to himself,” Dennis said on Saturday.

“It’s refreshing to have a highly talented driver who has the ability to overtake and make the bold decisions he has in what is only his second season in Formula One.”

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