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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says he believes Lewis Hamilton will return in 2022, and warns F1 must ‘recover’ the “relationship” between Red Bull and Mercedes.
After the controversial end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said he is not sure if Lewis Hamilton will return to Formula 1 in 2022.
Asked about this, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said he believes the Briton will be back after taking a little break from the sport.
“Lewis Hamilton? I’m sure he will recharge his batteries and come back with even more desire than before to win the eighth world title,” Domenicali told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
While collecting a prestigious Lorenzo Bandini Award in Italy, Domenicali also touched on the strained relationship between Mercedes and Red Bull.
“Those who live with certainties mean that they sleep well! But we have many doubts and we have to face them. We have issues that will eventually have to be managed.
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“We will have to evaluate day-by-day the relationship that must be recovered between Red Bull and Mercedes, to avoid the personal clashes that we have seen that serve no benefit.”
Regarding the controversial decisions that have been made in Abu Dhabi, Domenicali said this is something the newly elected FIA president Mohammed bin Sulayem will have to deal with.
“We have already spoken with the president. We talked about the priorities he will have to face, and there are many.
“But, at this stage, it is right to remain silent so as not to create further controversy in an area that was very overheated.
“But I would like to say that we come from an extraordinary season, followed by more than two billion people. The last Abu Dhabi GP was the most followed sporting event in 2021.
“These are stratospheric numbers that we must be proud of,” concluded the Italian.
