Max Verstappen facing last Lewis Hamilton chance before new era – Jenson Button EXCLUSIVE

Lewis Hamilton's 'natural ability is fantastic' says Button

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Jenson Button believes this season might be Max Verstappen’s ‘last chance’ to beat Lewis Hamilton before the new rules and regulations come into force in F1 for 2022, but admitted it would be an ‘amazing achievement’ going into the new era of F1.

Verstappen and Hamilton have been embroiled in a tantalising battle for the world championship title this season, with the Dutchman leading the standings for the first time in his F1 career.

Hamilton meanwhile is playing catch-up after two poor race results in Monaco and Baku ahead of the French Grand Prix, which saw Mercedes pick up just seven points over the two events, with the Briton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas struggling this season to finish higher than third.

Hamilton is vying for his eighth world title which would see him overtake Michael Schumacher’s record and catapult him to new levels of F1 royalty.

However, there will be huge changes in F1 in 2022, with a whole new reshaping of the rules and regulations which were unanimously approved by the paddock, to try and make races more competitive and exciting for fans.

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As well as a cost cap of £124million ($175m) introduced, tyre sizes have been increased from 13-inch tyres to 18-inches, resulting in a heavier car in 2022.

Not just that, but Red Bull Racing secured the rights to have Honda power unit technology from 2022, despite Honda announcing they would be leaving the championship after the current season, with the team forming a new operation called Red Bull Powertrains Limited.

And despite a freeze on engine development covering 2022-2024, it’s a big job for the Red Bull team next season, who will run the engines until the next generation of power units arrive in 2025, with the idea to continue to run their own engines after.

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And Button says all these factors could have big consequences for drivers in the future, especially Verstappen and Red Bull.

“Now it’s at the point where it doesn’t matter who wins, you know, it’s such a cool championship that they’re fighting against each other,” the 2009 world champion exclusively told Express Sport.

“If Lewis wins an eight title, that’s fantastic, and he thoroughly deserves it.

“But, you know, Max gets one over on him. Wow. An amazing achievement going into this new era of F1.

“You know, for Max and Red Bull, this might be their last chance or their first chance and last chance to win a championship together.

“Who knows what’s going to happen when they take over the Honda Power Units.”

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