In the first press conference on the track of 2022, Lewis Hamilton was very clear: “I do not want to comment further on the events in Abu Dhabi. We are at the beginning of a new season, and I look forward ”.
Lewis has closed the door (from the look it seems really definitively) on what happened last December in Yas Marina, confirming that he has moved on. Another thing, however, is what could influence the world championship that starts in less than a month in Bahrain, and on this front Hamilton has been anything but silent, sending a direct and only partially decipherable message.
In the numerous controversies that animated the 2021 world championship there was also a long discussion regarding the behavior allowed on the track, or what is possible to do and what not, a theme that emerged after the extreme defenses of Max Verstappen seen on several occasions.
The changes that the FIA has introduced in the race direction starting from this season will lead to the alternation of two directors, also assisted by an unprecedented system that also provides for the presence of a VAR operating remotely. Hamilton, when asked about the possibility that the situation could actually improve, however, surprised.
“But we have to make sure we also have impartial commissioners – said Lewis – there are drivers who are very, very friends of some people, people who travel together, and let’s say that you may tend to have sympathies for those you know best. I believe that we need professionals who do not operate with prejudices, people who are able to be completely neutral when it comes to making a decision ”.
Hamilton focuses on unequal judgment, a theme that emerged last year as well, commenting on the evaluation of several episodes, but while so far there had been talk of a problem of potential differences of views linked to the various colleges of sports commissioners, Hamilton has also turned the spotlight on another aspect, namely that of potential closer relations between some FIA delegates and certain drivers, which obviously Lewis did not mention.
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