Is Hamilton's post 2021 F1 season silence 'ok'?
Jan.24 - Lewis Hamilton's almost total silence since losing the 2021 title showdown against Max Verstappen is "not ok".
That is the view of Bild newspaper correspondent Helmut Uhl, who also criticises world number 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic's silence since he was deported by the Australian government.
"It's not ok," Uhl told the major German daily.
"Both have arrived on a cloud where they believe they are floating above everything. Once there, they forget to look down at their fans. The ones who pay for their teams, their fashion, their sponsors.
"Don't these fans have the right to hear a few words of explanation now that their heroes and role models aren't standing on the top pedestal?
"Perhaps they think their silent retreat is diplomacy. I see it as cowardice."
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, however, thinks seven time world champion Hamilton is actually protecting his legacy.
"I interpret Hamilton's silence as him wanting to put some distance between himself and Toto Wolff," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"After all, you can lose with style, whereas Toto behaved like someone who is playing Monopoly. The moment he is losing, he throws the whole board into the air.
"Hamilton is sensitive to that because he is thinking about his future in America, maybe even in Hollywood," the outspoken former F1 driver added.
Another former F1 driver, Vitaly Petrov, sides with Bild's Uhl in thinking that the time for the Mercedes driver to finally break his silence has come.
"Whether he is offended, whether he does not agree, whether he does not agree with the behaviour of Mercedes or their refusal to appeal - there are a lot of questions," he told Russia's Championat.
"But there are no answers."
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I like Helmut Uhl hehe
of course you do!!! LOL
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What's cracking old pals and Hater brigade? I see the 2 muppets are still yapping as usual about their favorite man crush as they have no life outside of this forum and obsessed much apparently. Lol smh.
Anyway, onto this another ass named Helmut. Comparing NoVAX DiJOKEvic to Sir Lewis. The tennis star broke the rules of a damn pandemic in another country, where as the Legend was screwed over by foolish flawed application of a sporting rule. So Lewis's radio silence is justified and quite fine as his fans expect him to do his talking on the track. Plus there's a strategy behind the silence; hence, foolish comparison.
But do keep talking about him instead of the "lucky" champ! I'm sure he doesn't mind 😉
Cant compare the two. Lulu is a spoilt brat who should be given an ultimatum to decide one way or the other, Novak was unfairly excluded just for refusing to pump experimental chemicals into his body.
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