Lewis Hamilton "ready to fight" Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton has said that he would like to race with Max Verstappen for the championship. The two have raced wheel to wheel a few times but it is one of the most intriguing battles on the grid and the two of them would like to do it more often. Red Bull are really speeding up and it will be interesting to see if they can challenge Mercedes for the championship this season. 

"Time will tell [if we will battle for the championship]," Hamilton was quoted by Sky Sports. "I think he's done a great job and Red Bull have clearly done a great job in quite a few of the races now.

"I think they will be quick here. They are in general slowly catching us up - though it's easier to catch up than it is to stay ahead and be the leader. But it's great to see them progressing.

"We want the competition. We'll be ready for the fight whatever the case."

When asked about Verstappen moving to Mercedes, Hamilton said that he would have no problem being teammates with the Dutchman. 

"I've honestly got no problem with it. As I've said before, I like working with Valtteri.

"I don't know how that [Verstappen] dynamic would work for the team, but I'm not saying it would, or would not. I see positives and potential negatives, obviously there's always positives and negatives with different people that you end up working with."

It would be great to see these two battle on track more and perhaps one day they will even be at the same team.