Hamilton will NOT turn back on F1 despite retirement fears, claims Button

LEWIS HAMILTON is not going to flip his again on Formulation One based on former F1 champ and his ex-teammate, Jenson Button.

Hamilton is “disillusioned” with the game after being robbed of a file eighth world title on the Abu Dhabi GP when FIA Race Director Michael Masi manipulated security automotive guidelines.

The upshot was that Hamilton was left a sitting duck on outdated tyres and Max Verstappen handed him in a single-lap shootout to win the race and the championship.

Furious Hamilton has since made a silent protest, elevating doubts as as to if he’ll return to compete in 2022.

However Button, who was teammates with Hamilton for 3 years at McLaren, is optimistic he’ll return.

He stated: “I used to be the one particular person to interview Lewis after the final race!

“I actually do hope he will probably be racing. I believe he will probably be racing. He needs to win that eighth title and be probably the most embellished Formulation One driver in F1 historical past. And he’ll try this, I actually do assume so.

“[It was] a controversial finish to the season however I actually do assume it’s important to take a look at the season as an entire.

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“Formulation One is in an incredible place, two implausible drivers going at it each weekend and I believe everybody is worked up concerning the new season.

“New rules and it’s all concerning the improvement of those automobiles via the 12 months.”

The FIA have began their investigation into simply how Masi acquired the tip to the Abu Dhabi GP so improper and can report their findings earlier than the primary race of the season in Bahrain.

Mercedes are understood to be pushing exhausting for the Australian to be axed as they really feel his function has been compromised.

Nevertheless, former F1 driver and Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle expects Masi to be retained however provided additional assist to make sure he doesn’t make the identical errors once more.

He stated: “If the FIA and F1 need Michael Masi to remain, and if Michael Masi needs to remain, he’s clearly solely acquired one life left, hasn’t he? So I don’t know if that’s tenable all spherical.

“Who would you change him with? Watch out what you would like for, I’d say on this. What I completely know for positive is that altering Michael Masi is not going to repair the issue.

“That is method too large a job for one particular person to deal with in a 23-race season [and] it’s solely going to develop — we’re all around the world.

“Again within the day it was 16, 18 races for Charlie [Whiting, ex-race director] and Herbie [Blash, ex-deputy race director].

“Charlie used to start out the race and Herbie was successfully the race director till Charlie acquired again from the beginning rostrum down close to the grid.

“They’d all of it beneath management, but it surely’s simply rising exponentially. So Masi, if he stays, wants lots of assist round him, and I believe that’s what they’re , in the intervening time. And who would truly need to step into his footwear proper now?”