Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc Say ‘Lewis Hamilton Is Uncatchable’ In This Year's Drivers' World Championship

Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari effectively conceded the title on Sunday after the British Grand Prix as the six-time champion, Lewis Hamilton claimed his third straight honour rendering him “uncatchable”.

The championship leader, Lewis Hamilton completed the race on three wheels made no difference to their view that the only man with a chance of overhauling Hamilton is his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.

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After claiming his record seventh victory in Sunday's dramatic race, Hamilton is 30 points clear of the Finn, who finished 11th after suffering an identical front-left tyre failure.

With only four of an expected 15 races completed, his rivals were was asked if Hamilton can be caught

Verstappen, the runner up on Sunday, simply replied: "No."

Leclerc, who finished third to move up to fifth in the title race, 55 points adrift of Hamilton, echoed the sentiment.

"If the question is 'can anybody stop Lewis?' then, no. I think the guy that has some chances is Valtteri, but that's it," the Ferrari driver said.

Bottas, who slipped 25 points further behind Hamilton after failing to score, admitted: "Of course, it's not ideal...

"For the moment, if everything goes to the plan with the calendar there are going to be more than 10 races, but we just don't know.

"The best bet would be to be on top of the points all the time, so it's a big loss of points. This kind of thing we can't really afford, but obviously Lewis had a good race, but he also got away [with it] in a way.

"What can I do? What can I say? It's not ideal, but I can't change what has happened. I've just got to move on and take the learning and try again next weekend.

"I'll keep pushing and believing because you never know."

After his 87th career win, Hamilton is only four victories short of Michael Schumacher's record 91 and, while enjoying his supremacy, said he would welcome a more vigorous challenge.