Lewis Hamilton rejected cases he utilized “messy traps” amid the season-finishing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he attempted to win the Formula 1 big showdown.
Hamilton drove gradually trying to permit adversaries to pass Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, yet the German completed second to secure his first title.
Hamilton said: “I did nothing dangerous so I don’t feel I did anything unfair. We were fighting for the championship. I was leading. I control the pace.” Hamilton was more than once requested by his team to accelerate. Mercedes demanded this was on the grounds that there was a danger of him losing the race, not on account of Rosberg was not powerless against assault from initially Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, then Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton said, “I am losing the world championship so right now I don’t really care whether I win or lose this race.”
He said after the race: “I don’t know why they didn’t just let us race. There was never a moment I felt I was going to lose the race but it is quite clear their thought process.”
Wolff said the team had requested that Hamilton accelerate in light of the fact that their PC models demonstrated the race win was under danger from Vettel, who was on much fresher tires and going over a moment speedier, regardless of the possibility that Hamilton expanded his speed.
Wolff will settle on an official choice on any conceivable discipline for Hamilton, yet Mercedes non-official director Niki Lauda told BBC Sport they won’t reign in the three-time best on the planet.
“I need to form an opinion, which I haven’t yet,” Wolff said.
“Undermining a structure in public means you are putting yourself before the team.
“Anarchy doesn’t work in any company but the other half of me says that it was his only chance of winning the championship and maybe you cannot demand a racing driver who is arguably the best out there to comply with something where his instincts cannot make him comply.
“It’s about how to resolve that in the future because a precedent has been set.”
