There was silence and Mercedes was completely shielded dfter the last lap at Yas Marina, he decided the champion title in favor of Verstappen. The controversy marked the end of the year in F1 and the defeat was as painful as it was questionable for a Brackley team that after the blow, decided in general, and Hamilton in particular, isolate yourself from the public sphere to sow doubts about what the future of the team would be in the World Cup from next year. The only occasion in which the British has been seen on stage after what happened, was in mid-December at Windsor Castle to be made a Knight of the British Empire for his services to motorsports and all the successes it has achieved over the past two decades.
While Lewis once again kept a strict silence about what happened at the Abu Dhabi GP, around him key figures of the World Championship such as Jean Todt among others, sowed doubt of what the British would do in 2022 after the position taken by Race Direction. “I think he is retiring, that he will not race next year. His disappointment in Abu Dhabi was too great, and I understand him, “said the former FIA president after a conversation with the father of the seven-time champion. And then no one came out to put an end to the rumors of a possible withdrawal until now, the team, has used social networks to leave a message that could decipher the future of its pilot.
“Adversity leads some to break. Others, to break records”, Mercedes has written in Twitter accompanied by a photo of the seven-time champion, renewed for two years together with Brackley’s to try to beat the figure of seven titles that he shares with Schumacher as the maximum winner in the history of the Great Circus. Those words suggest that beating the German is still Lewis’ mission for 2022 challenging with the entry of the new regulations and furthermore, the statements of the new FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, after talking to the British man, they open a window of optimism: “Now he’s not 100%, but I am sure that everything will be solved. “ Time will tell if he is correct …