Lewis Hamilton urged to RETIRE from Formula One and give younger driver a chance

SIR LEWIS HAMILTON has been urged to retire from System One to offer the subsequent technology of drivers their probability.

The Stevenage speedster has but to substantiate if he’ll return for the 2022 season after being controversially pipped to a record-breaking eighth F1 title by Max Verstappen.

However Williams bigwig Jost Capito might care much less if the Brit returns to the monitor this yr, telling German outlet RTL: ” I don’t care about it.

“I don’t actually care whether or not he drives or not. [It’s] completely irrelevant, actually completely irrelevant.”

Capito reckons Hamilton, 37, ought to be glad together with his unimaginable haul of championships and make method for aspiring drivers.

He continued: “They all the time say there aren’t sufficient locations for younger drivers after which I believe, if somebody has been World Champion seven instances.

“He has truly accomplished sufficient and will make room for a teen, why not?”

Hamilton is reportedly refusing to decide on his future till the inquiry into Verstappen’s title-clinching victory in Abu Dhabi has concluded.

However the FIA are not any nearer to finishing their investigation into Michael Masi’s choice making and his notorious dealing with of the protection automobile interval.

They stated in an announcement: “At this stage, no choice has been taken on the end result of the detailed evaluation at present underway into the occasions of the final System 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“As beforehand introduced, the findings of this detailed evaluation can be introduced on the F1 Fee assembly in London on 14th February after an open dialogue with all F1 drivers after which lastly should be authorized on the World Motor Sport Council assembly on 18th March in Bahrain, beneath the authority of FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.”

One man who hopes to see Hamilton again on the monitor subsequent season is Crimson Bull chief Christian Horner, who informed WION: “I definitely hope that Lewis can be round this yr.

“He’s nonetheless driving at an unimaginable stage, the 2 drivers final yr had been in a league of their very own.”

The brand new F1 season, through which Crimson Bull’s Verstappen will bid to defend his controversially-claimed world title, will get begin on March 20.

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