Lewis Hamilton’s status as a role model appears to have got him into trouble.
The FIA have risked opening a can of worms after they deemed Lewis Hamilton’s position as a “role model” a contributing factor to an investigation.A week after the Qatar Grand Prix and a few days after the many clouds of dust that were kicked up onto the track had settled, the FIA decided to announce proceedings were not quite done just yet.
Standard procedure was followed. Hamilton was summoned to speak to the stewards, apologised for his actions and was handed a penalty of a reprimand and a pretty chunky fine. Job done. Case closed.Perhaps motivated by the nasty incident during the FIA’s World Karting Championship finals in which British karter Joe Turney was hit by another competitor and suffered a compound fracture, the FIA have decided to take another look at the Hamilton incident.
Why, then, is the Hamilton situation any different? Had the FIA informed the teams going into the next race at Austin that the punishment handed to Hamilton would not be considered the norm then no team would have taken issue and Hamilton would have been spared a public trial.
Look further back in the history of Formula 1 and you could find a litany of incidents of high-profile drivers doing something potentially dangerous and yet never before has their “role model” status come into it.F1 2024 driver line-up: Who is confirmed for next season’s grid? The sporting body’s insistence when it came to Hamilton removing his jewellery last season looked at a time to be spiralling out of control and almost resulted in him sitting out a race.
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