The question of Hamilton's whereabouts remains a huge mystery! After the closing round, the "Seven Champions" winner appeared only twice, without responding to outside speculation. The new FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, said today that no matter what Hamilton chooses, they will respect his decision.
The safety car controversy in Abu Dhabi undoubtedly caused Great trauma to Hamilton, although after the race very graciously congratulated Verstappen and made the team make the decision to abandon the appeal, but this clearly affected Hamilton's motivation to continue to fight, before Mercedes coach Wolff and Hamilton's family have said that the seven-time winner's recent silence is very abnormal, and attentive fans have noticed that Hamilton has taken a lot of racing people on social media.
Sulayam, who just took over Todd's place this year, did not expect that his first problem would be so difficult, and recently said that he had made contact with Hamilton, but Hamilton did not respond, in short, he has not yet made up his mind whether to return to the paddock next season.
Surayem said: "I sent him a message, but he didn't respond much. I don't think he's 100% ready right now. We don't blame him because I understand how he feels and as a driver he's in a very tough time at the moment. Of course, there will be rules here that all of us will have to follow, and we'll give Hamilton some time, but he'll have to get out of it. The media always likes to dig into these things to increase the entertainment of the story, and perhaps what Hamilton needs most now is to keep the outside world quiet. ”
Previously Hamilton did not attend the FIA's annual awards gala, for which Surayem said it would be handled according to the rules, not excluding some punishment for Hamilton: "For me, there is no special relationship with any driver or any team. We must abide by the rules and we must respect the authority of the FIA. I won't judge anyone until I know the more certain facts, and I'll take a closer look at the progress of the Abu D'a. Of course, both Hamilton and his team knew that not attending the awards party wasn't a good thing. ”
Surayem believes that after the events at this year's closing station, all parties will work together to explore fairer rules of the game: "I believe that everything will pass, and many things that happened in the past will eventually make us better selves, after all, we all need to look forward rather than backward." 」 (Text/Li Tianyou)