Lewis Hamilton on Red Bull's off-track drama in F1 2022: 'A bit like a Kardashian show'

Lewis Hamilton has compared the off-track drama surrounding Red Bull in F1 2022 to an episode of a “Kardashian show”. 
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Red Bull's double title-winning campaign was overshadowed by their breach of the 2021 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 cost cap - which saw the team hit with a $7m fine and a 10 per cent reduction in their wind tunnel time over the next 12 months - and a team orders row that erupted after168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen refused to give sixth place back to teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez in Brazil. 

Speaking in an interview with ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilಌton was asked for his thoughts on some of the off-track sagas involving Red Bull that dominated the headlines. 

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“I mean it feels like a bit of a Kardashian show happe♛ning here,💧” the seven-time world champion responded. 

“It’s pretty hilarious, some of the stuff that I’ve heard over the past few days has 🧸been so entertaining."

Hamilton appeared to allude to a now-deleted social media post from Verstappen’s mother - which accused Perez of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“cheating on his wife” - when he wa🦹s asked to provide a specific🐲 example. 

“I can’t say… Somebody’s mother postin🍸g something,” Hamilton said. 

“Just s𝄹ome pretty interesting stuff going on. I’m sure it’ll all be on Netflix - it’s going to be great.”

Hamilton added: “We’ve got to continue to strive for transparency and continuously work to make sure that we 🍸stay strong to the core values of what the sport is and make sure we don’t veer off from those things. 

“But what a mess in thꦜat space. It’s been very interesting to see it unfold over the last 12 months.”

‘I couldn’t say I wanted to be here’ 

Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Mercedes AMG F1 and Max Verstappen (NLD), Red Bull
Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Mercedes AMG F1 and Max Verstappen (NLD), Red Bull

Red Bull’s breach of the cost cap brought the controversial 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in which Hamilton was denied a record-breaking eighth world title following a mishandled 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Safety Car period, back into the spotlight. 

Asked how he felt returning to the scene of his heartbreaking title loss almost 12 months earlier, Hamilton replied: “It didn’t feel great walking in this morning.&ꦿnbsp;

“I couldn’t say that I necessarily wanted 🔥to be here, but if I’m really hone🌳st, since I’ve been in my room, I’ve been getting my head down into preparation.

“We get caught up in all these different things we are experiencing an✅d forgetting to be living in gratitude. That’s something we really need to remember, because there are so many people that are having way, way worse times, so many people that are struggling. 

“It could be so, so much worse and it’s a🐭lways just being grateful for a new day, a new chance to be better, a new chance to challenge yourself and shape 🎀the future. 

“I try to take any negative feeling I have𒊎, br🉐ush it aside and move forward.”

And Hamilton said he was “definitely not expecting” the outpo🎃uring of support he received in the wake💃 of the 2021 title showdown. 

“The general love that I have experienced through the year, which I think is wha🐠t has got me through the year, if I’m really honest – with the challenge of coming back in, wanting to fight back but not being able to fight back.

“I know some people in life struggle to accept love, and I’ve definitely been someone that’s been like that for a long, long time. So this year was one that I was able to open up a little bit more on a littl🔯e bit and that’s really been a beau🍷tiful experience. So I’m really grateful for that."

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