After the FIA gala ceremony in Baku, something strange happened, forcing the Mercedes team to answer to Lewis Hamilton.
The fact is that on Saturday photos appeared on social networks of the prize for third place in the championship, which was awarded to the seven-time world champion, who stood alone on the table, and the comments were something like this: “They say Lewis Hamilton made last night after the statement at the FIA awards ceremony made a loud noise without picking up his trophy, expressing his dissatisfaction with the federation’s actions.”
There was also this version: Lewis is said to have given his trophy to a local fan. At least one person claimed via social networks that this cup was in his home.
But Mercedes rejected all such assumptions.
As RacingNews365 writes, citing a team official, Hamilton accepted the FIA’s offer, which promised that “the trophy will be delivered to the team, which is why the federation is working on it now. We can confirm that he did not give this award to anyone “as a gift”, although speculation about such rumors has arisen.”
It is possible that over time we will learn new details of this story, which is of course directly or indirectly related to the poorly explained actions of the FIA concerning the investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff, which immediately afterwards it was closed. the unanimous negative response from all championship teams.
At the same time, the Mercedes team and the wife of its leader promised to resolve the matter all together, but with the involvement of lawyers, and Hamilton publicly called the FIA’s actions “unacceptable.”
Source: F1 News
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