Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris battled over third place at the United States Grand Prixlast time out, with the rulebook costing Norris dear.
Heading into Turn 12 on Lap 52, Verstappen, holding the inside line was able to run Norris off the circuit, where the McLaren driver swept past to take third.
The stewards penalised Norris to the tune of five seconds, demoting him back to fourth, judging him to have gained an unfair advantage.
Hamilton, who is well-versed in battles with Verstappen, feels the rules and stewarding need amending to avoid further incidents of this nature.
“I mean it’s always been a grey area that’s why [Verstappen’s] got away with it for so long,” Hamilton told select media including Motorsport Week on Thursday, ahead of the Mexico City GP.
“I mean, yeah, they probably need to make some adjustments [to the rules] for sure.
“Also, we do have inconsistencies through rulings, weekend in, weekend out.
“As a sport, we do need to level up on all areas and if you look at other global sports, they have full-time refs, for example, and I’m sure that wouldn’t be a bad thing for our sport.
But yeah, you shouldn’t be able to, I mean, I experienced it many times with Max, you shouldn’t be able to just launch the car on the inside and be ahead and then you go off and still hold your position. So, they need to definitely work on this.”
Hamilton knows Verstappen’s duelling tactics well, with the two coming to blows multiple times throughout the 2021 season.
