Foxholer
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Entire suggestion is irrelevant!
He'll be there!
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He'll be there!
ColchesterFC
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Is he allowed to attend with the change in rules for people from UK travelling to France? Not sure when those rules come into effect and whether they'll affect Hamilton or not - is he in the UK or somewhere abroad? And is it all non-EU citizens that the ban affects so if Hamilton is outside of the EU then he might not be allowed to attend?
Foxholer
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Ha ha! Maybe not then!
Probably 'at home' in Monaco.
FWIW, any 'fine' would be pretty trivial for him anyway - and likely paid by Mercedes from the savings made by not sending the car!
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Not showing up to the event will make them look pretty damn petty in the eyes of many. Losing the championship was unlucky for them but they should still attend the event.
Hamilton got plenty of plaudits for the graceful way he congratulated Verstappen. Not going to the end of season bash would see him burn a lot of the goodwill he earned.
Can’t see him not going, and think the threat of not attending is just posturing to keep the FIA ‘honest’ in resolving the issues.
Tashyboy
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Shame they never let the top 3 race in the last race. When the safety car went in
?Swango1980
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To be honest, Hamilton could turn up with a big smile on his face, save some starving puppies, and he'd still be condemned by some.
If he doesn't turn up, there will also be many that support that decision. But, Mercedes have been in constant dialogue with FIA since Sunday, and none of us know where they are in those discussions. FIA will be happy they will not be pursuing their appeal, but I'm sure there are costs to that on the FIA's part. One might be them having to accept Mercedes will not be there tomorrow? The other being them taking responsibility for the farce on Sunday.
theoneandonly
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SLH and wolf have publicly said they will not be attending. James Allinson will be there on behalf of Mercedes.
Well done to both for not going and they have lots of support too.
Foxholer
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Wouldn't that be 'deliberately breaking rules'? Or is that the intention/message?
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Maybe they will let 4th 5th 6th and 7th place go to the awards but not 8th and 9th ?
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
i disagree. Let Verstappen have his night without distraction of the drama of Sunday. If Hamilton was there, all the questions would be about the end of that race.
If they were asking Hamilton what he thought, what could he possibly say? Much better to let Verstappen have his night.
I must say though, I find his comments hard to stomach as I read them now. The way Hamilton won his first title is not comparable ?
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cliveb
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BBC have reported that Toto and Lewis did not attend.
Piece
Tour Winner
Agree. With Lewis and Toto not attending, this reinforces the need for the FIA to act next season. If they did attend it would be a distraction and also water-down Mercedes' race stance.
theoneandonly
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Do half the people in this thread even follow F1? Or just come in for an argument ?
Foxholer
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Yes!
bobmac
Major Champion
Says the man who thought Lewis and Max weren't side by side for the last lap restart
Wasn't there a suggestion a while back that Toto was thinking about calling it a day?
theoneandonly
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I think you have me confused with someone else guv. Or are you looking for an argument ??
bobmac
Major Champion
Oops, humble apologies.
I admit, I was wrong and will accept any and all consequences.
Foxholer
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Oh dear; more sour grapes?
That pic was 'taken out of context'! That's not actually 'side by side' imo, though certainly 'alongside'. And there were times where MV was actually 'closer' than that too. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...1-world-championship.1718951895219638541.html
LH, as leader, had 'control' of/at the restart and MV was definitely behind when LH floored it 'at the restart'!
greenone
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There was a point when he was in front, but it got swept under the carpet. Plenty of precidents of penalties for the same thing.
