Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed what his father told him after last year’s Abu Dhabi race when he lost the title to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the final lap. “My dad hugged me and said, ‘I want you to know how proud I am,'” Hamilton told Vogue. happened because I told myself earlier that they definitely wouldn’t cheat on me from the title side, they definitely wouldn’t.”
It is worth noting that 2021 F1 race director Michael Masi made controversial decisions in the last laps of the Abu Dhabi race last season and dedicated the victory to Verstappen at the expense of Hamilton. The FIA ​​had to sack Massey after the season ended. Many analysts accuse F1 of choosing entertainment over sporting honesty.
Translated by Bernard Al Tayyar