Lewis Hamilton will stay in F1 to “right the wrong” of the Abu Dhabi GP, according to Lord Peter Hain, Vice-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Formula 1 and Labour peer.
Hamilton’s future was up in the air after the shambles of an Abu Dhabi GP. It snatched a surefire title win away from him and made him finish a worthy champion’s season empty-handed.
The rumours swirled around and got stronger in the wake of his deafening silence on social media. It didn’t help that during the race, the seven-time champion called the race “manipulated”, neither did Toto Wolff’s comments of him “hoping that he continued racing” calm the speculation down.
It has been reported that the Mercedes driver informed his team of his decision to stay. And according to Lord Hain, Hamilton will stay in F1 to “right the wrong” of the Abu Dhabi GP.
As quoted by express.co.uk, “As a lifelong Formula 1 fan, I thought it was a perverted outcome.
“The finish was effectively rigged by the stewards in order to produce to a dramatic finale for the theatre rather than a racing outcome.
“I think it has left a sour taste unless you are a die-hard Verstappen fan, but even many of them have admitted that it has left an unpleasant taste in their mouth.
“Ok, the rules are very complex for the average fan, but at least there is a consistency there. This was clearly contrived and manufactured to allow that kind of finish.
“I thought Lewis behaved with enormous dignity afterwards, going to the Red Bull pits to congratulate them, but he must feel absolutely gutted and that the rules are rigged against him.”
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“I’m hoping he will, by his sheer ability, overcome this. He has overcome racism, prejudice. He’s come from a very humble background with an extraordinary father,” he continued.
“He’s the poor black kid who made it to the top. Most of the other drivers come from very comfortable backgrounds. That’s no criticism of them.”
“I think he will be back. Formula 1 will be massively, massively damaged if he doesn’t. He will retire at some point in the next few years of course.
“Formula 1 will have been boosted by his contribution to his sport. There’s no other Formula 1 champion who has had a greater reach into the average citizen right across the world than Lewis,” he concluded.
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I’m not particularly a Max fan, but I assume that Lord Peter Pan still believes in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy as well – what nonsense!
It was so obviously rigged its not funny
Just get over it, as masi said, its called racing.
I want to know what happened to the 10/11 seconds Verstsppen was behind. He should not have started alongside Lewis, but 10 seconds later !!!!!!!!
we said this was going to happen from the start of the season Verstappen was bulled up from the start he did nothing wrong but the system was dirty he would take any thing you gave him but Max will know how he got the tital that cant be faked
Is this lord of the rings some sort of racing addict, go on Max, you did it fair and squire.
Once the American company bought F1 I told my wife that I introduced to F1 if they can’t get the out come they want they are going start messing with the rules I don’t want accidents I want to see racing but they go to NASCAR to see the big one that’s their idea of racing
Ehm a worthy champion? Max was in the lead in twice as many rounds as Lewis. He finished either first or second if his car wasn’t damaged. Lewis escaped a dramatic finish in Monza thanks to a red flag and the same in Silverstone. He just ran out of luck in Abu Dahbi. If Max had been as lucky the season would have been decided before we even arrived in Abu Dahbi. Lewis is a great champion but only one driver deserves the 2021 crown.
Why does everybody forget that Lewis lost his championship in Baku, Turkey and Monaco….. hé lost at least 45 points in those three races……