Motor racing-Red Bull and Verstappen just did a better job, says Hamilton


Formula One F1 - Dutch Grand Prix - Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands - September 5, 2021 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the podium after finishing second REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

(Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton said Red Bull were on another level to Mercedes after he ceded his overall Formula One world championship lead to Max Verstappen at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday.

Verstappen lapped every driver except second placed Hamilton and the Briton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas as he powered to a dominant home win in front of 70,000 wildly celebrating fans.

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