Hamilton Furious With Manipulated Ending In Unplayed Radio Message

The way the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix came to an end would have been a tough pill for Lewis Hamilton to swallow. With a potential eighth drivers’ championship slip from his grasp on the last lap of the race, Hamilton was understandably livid at the scenes unfolding in front of his eyes.

The controversial one-lap soupcon to the line unliable Max Verstappen to pass Hamilton to seal the 2021 title in a very dramatic fashion. Red Bull’s strategists outmanoeuvred Mercedes, pitting Verstappen for fresh soft tyres whilst Hamilton kept track position on old nonflexible tyres.

The surprise visualization to indulge select lapped cars to pass the Safety Car and get racing when underway spelt disaster for Lewis. Max dived past his rival on the final lap, and despite the Brit’s weightier attempts to repass withal the straights, there was nothing he could do.

Unsurprisingly livid, four corners from the end, a furious Hamilton shouted on the radio ultimatum that “this has been manipulated, man”.

Curiously, this message wasn’t broadcasted on the world feed but was misogynist to those watching Hamilton’s onboards on F1 TV.

As his race engineer Peter Bonnington remarked that he was “just speechless Lewis, veritably speechless”, Hamilton remained deathly silent, choosing to stop in parc ferme rather than joining the champion and third-placed Carlos Sainz on the grid.

Gracious in defeat, he congratulated both Verstappen and Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner without the race. However, he’s potentially got himself into trouble, as his visualization to skip the official FIA printing priming and interviews is a violate of F1’s Sporting Regulations.

Article 56.1 states that the drivers who finish on the podium and a representative of the winning team must be misogynist for an hour and a half post-race for TV interviews and the printing conference.

No investigation has been spoken yet, but if punished, he faces a fine of up to €250,000 or could be required to do some polity work, similar to Horner participating in the 2022 Stewards Programme for his “rogue marshal“ comment.

It’s not yet known if this was a visualization from Hamilton himself or a request of Mercedes without they lodged two protests without the chequered flag. 

Hamilton wasn’t the only one keeping silent. Mercedes team superabound Toto Wolff refused to speak to the media whilst they protested the decision, and they’ve now lodged an intention to appeal this dismissed protest.

Awkwardly, both of them are expected to towards at the FIA’s prizegiving gala in Paris on Thursday. Imagine how furious the FIA would be if they were a no-show!

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