Since letting the world title slip away to Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton has been silenced.
No message on social networks since December 12 and qualifying in Abu Dhabi and with the exception of a ceremony at Windsor Castle to be knighted by Prince Charles, the Briton has made no public appearance.
He, for example, shunned the gala dinner of the International Automobile Federation closing the season when he was invited.
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Silent since his lost world title
A way of showing his dissatisfaction with the decisions taken by the race management and the marshals at the very end of the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.
But this absence could earn him a sanction, said the new president of the FIA, Mohammed bin Sulayem.
While some rumors suggest a possible retirement at 36, "King Lewis" seems to have needed to cut the world of motorsport after the enormous disillusionment at the end of the 2021 season. His 26 million subscribers on Instagram have thus could see that the pilot had unsubscribed, Thursday, from all of his accounts hitherto followed.
A few days ago, he had unsubscribed from the Formula 1 one.
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Verstappen doesn't want to believe in a Hamilton retreat
A simple desire to take a little distance from social networks, a publicity stunt or a real intention to permanently break with motor racing as his team boss at Mercedes Toto Wolff had understood after the coronation of Verstappen?
Impossible to know.
The Dutch driver has his little idea behind his head and does not want to believe that such a champion ends his career on a failure.
“I do not believe it, retorted the Red Bull driver.
He said it under the influence of emotion and disappointment ”, reacted the new king of F1.
