2022 Mercedes-AMG | Petronas F1 Team

[AeroDynamic]

This suggests something official is imminent from Mercedes?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLAh4eKX0AU ... =4096x4096

why would there be something official? I think that was it

Lewis was always signed for this year, and he's never said he wasn't racing

Because they are aware that it’s not clear if Lewis Hamilton will see out his contract. It’s natural for an organisation to clarify something if they know what the future holds. If they don’t, the media will ask if the opportunity presents itself anyway

[SmallSoldier]

This suggests something official is imminent from Mercedes?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLAh4eKX0AU ... =4096x4096

Why would there be anything official? He has a contract, there is nothing official required.

[AeroDynamic]

This suggests something official is imminent from Mercedes?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLAh4eKX0AU ... =4096x4096

Why would there be anything official? He has a contract, there is nothing official required.

So does Masi with the FIA, and he wasn’t fired. But as soon as the speculation was out about him continuing as race director or not, the FIA issued a statement to address it. Why wouldn’t Mercedes address what the media have been speculating on the past weeks? Maybe they Will simply answer the question when the media inevitably asks “is Hamilton going to continue” the last time this was posed to senior Mercedes’ staff a couple weeks back, they gave a very ambiguous answer.

[SmallSoldier]

This suggests something official is imminent from Mercedes?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLAh4eKX0AU ... =4096x4096

Why would there be anything official? He has a contract, there is nothing official required.

So does Masi with the FIA, and he wasn’t fired. But as soon as the speculation was out about him continuing as race director or not, the FIA issued a statement to address it. Why wouldn’t Mercedes address what the media have been speculating on the past weeks? Maybe they Will simply answer the question when the media inevitably asks “is Hamilton going to continue” the last time this was posed to senior Mercedes’ staff a couple weeks back, they gave a very ambiguous answer.

First, the two are unrelated… Second, there is no reason for Mercedes to address speculation “by the media”, they don’t need to.

Finally, what more is needed after they’ve posted a picture of their driver, in uniform saying “Welcome Back” (for what, his last pay check? Lol).

[AeroDynamic]

Why would there be anything official? He has a contract, there is nothing official required.

So does Masi with the FIA, and he wasn’t fired. But as soon as the speculation was out about him continuing as race director or not, the FIA issued a statement to address it. Why wouldn’t Mercedes address what the media have been speculating on the past weeks? Maybe they Will simply answer the question when the media inevitably asks “is Hamilton going to continue” the last time this was posed to senior Mercedes’ staff a couple weeks back, they gave a very ambiguous answer.

First, the two are unrelated… Second, there is no reason for Mercedes to address speculation “by the media”, they don’t need to.

Finally, what more is needed after they’ve posted a picture of their driver, in uniform saying “Welcome Back” (for what, his last pay check? Lol).

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

[SmallSoldier]

So does Masi with the FIA, and he wasn’t fired. But as soon as the speculation was out about him continuing as race director or not, the FIA issued a statement to address it. Why wouldn’t Mercedes address what the media have been speculating on the past weeks? Maybe they Will simply answer the question when the media inevitably asks “is Hamilton going to continue” the last time this was posed to senior Mercedes’ staff a couple weeks back, they gave a very ambiguous answer.

First, the two are unrelated… Second, there is no reason for Mercedes to address speculation “by the media”, they don’t need to.

Finally, what more is needed after they’ve posted a picture of their driver, in uniform saying “Welcome Back” (for what, his last pay check? Lol).

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

Why FIA is addressing Massi? Because he is at the center of the polemic behind the Abu Dhabi race, which has had a lot of backlash from fans… The fact that the FIA is reviewing the situation and the decisions he made during that race of course will include his job as Race Director, they are addressing that and rightfully so.

The fact that Hamilton simply decided he was going to take time off from the Media (been sport or social) is completely different… The speculation on his continuation in the sport was created by the media, the Team nor Hamilton have a need to address it.

There no parallels among both situations… But, it’s clear that you think that Mercedes has to address it and they disagree with you (and in reality, they have, just not the way you want it?).

[Schuttelberg]

Looks like the melodrama is nearing it's end.

[AeroDynamic]

First, the two are unrelated… Second, there is no reason for Mercedes to address speculation “by the media”, they don’t need to.

Finally, what more is needed after they’ve posted a picture of their driver, in uniform saying “Welcome Back” (for what, his last pay check? Lol).

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

Why FIA is addressing Massi? Because he is at the center of the polemic behind the Abu Dhabi race, which has had a lot of backlash from fans… The fact that the FIA is reviewing the situation and the decisions he made during that race of course will include his job as Race Director, they are addressing that and rightfully so.

The fact that Hamilton simply decided he was going to take time off from the Media (been sport or social) is completely different… The speculation on his continuation in the sport was created by the media, the Team nor Hamilton have a need to address it.

There no parallels among both situations… But, it’s clear that you think that Mercedes has to address it and they disagree with you (and in reality, they have, just not the way you want it?).

The media no doubt fuelled the ambiguous insinuations by Mercedes and Hamilton but the latter definitely knew what they were doing in front of the media when said the things they have said and didn’t say. I.e.

“We’ll see about next year”

Along with Wolff inferring Hamilton may not continue “I hope he does”

Why would you need to see about the rest of your contract, or hope your driver continues, if the situation isn’t wide open about your driver continuing or not? Everyone would know why after the protests. So, I think it’s a bit of a cop out to blame the media for this speculation.

They should come out and address it.

Yes the FIA situation isn’t identical, but the parallel is, they didn’t need to address speculation about Masi because they didn’t make an official announcement about firing him or keeping him on. They just said he may not continue as race director, just like Hamilton and Mercedes have refused to rule out retirement for Hamilton when they declined to comment.

But yes in my opinion, they should address it after allowing all that speculation to play into their hand that they themselves encouraged. When the opportunity presents itself.

If you know your driver is racing with you next year, you don’t decline to comment or say “I hope so” you come out and say “no lewis will be racing with us next year”

[Mattchu]

Plenty of donations to the @GrandPrixTrust already this evening, but there's a special one.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FK8jNJLXEAo ... name=large

It seems Chrisrian Horner didn`t read the small print

Please note that employees of other Formula One teams are not eligible to take this tour.

All for a good cause, can`t fault it...

[zibby43]

So does Masi with the FIA, and he wasn’t fired. But as soon as the speculation was out about him continuing as race director or not, the FIA issued a statement to address it. Why wouldn’t Mercedes address what the media have been speculating on the past weeks? Maybe they Will simply answer the question when the media inevitably asks “is Hamilton going to continue” the last time this was posed to senior Mercedes’ staff a couple weeks back, they gave a very ambiguous answer.

First, the two are unrelated… Second, there is no reason for Mercedes to address speculation “by the media”, they don’t need to.

Finally, what more is needed after they’ve posted a picture of their driver, in uniform saying “Welcome Back” (for what, his last pay check? Lol).

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

The FIA needed to address Masi because he put the entire sport of F1 into disrepute.

The media was complicit in their silence there for a long while before finally acknowledging what happened was a farce.

[zibby43]

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

Why FIA is addressing Massi? Because he is at the center of the polemic behind the Abu Dhabi race, which has had a lot of backlash from fans… The fact that the FIA is reviewing the situation and the decisions he made during that race of course will include his job as Race Director, they are addressing that and rightfully so.

The fact that Hamilton simply decided he was going to take time off from the Media (been sport or social) is completely different… The speculation on his continuation in the sport was created by the media, the Team nor Hamilton have a need to address it.

There no parallels among both situations… But, it’s clear that you think that Mercedes has to address it and they disagree with you (and in reality, they have, just not the way you want it?).

The media no doubt fuelled the ambiguous insinuations by Mercedes and Hamilton but the latter definitely knew what they were doing in front of the media when said the things they have said and didn’t say. I.e.

“We’ll see about next year”

Along with Wolff inferring Hamilton may not continue “I hope he does”

Why would you need to see about the rest of your contract, or hope your driver continues, if the situation isn’t wide open about your driver continuing or not? Everyone would know why after the protests. So, I think it’s a bit of a cop out to blame the media for this speculation.

They should come out and address it.

Yes the FIA situation isn’t identical, but the parallel is, they didn’t need to address speculation about Masi because they didn’t make an official announcement about firing him or keeping him on. They just said he may not continue as race director, just like Hamilton and Mercedes have refused to rule out retirement for Hamilton when they declined to comment.

But yes in my opinion, they should address it after allowing all that speculation to play into their hand that they themselves encouraged. When the opportunity presents itself.

If you know your driver is racing with you next year, you don’t decline to comment or say “I hope so” you come out and say “no lewis will be racing with us next year”

Common sense alone dictated Hamilton would be racing once we got to January 1 with no announcements.

Merc wasn’t going to just let Lewis leave them hanging while they continued to develop a 2022 car tailored to both his physical and driving needs.

[nevill3]

Common sense alone dictated Hamilton would be racing once we got to January 1 with no announcements.

Merc wasn’t going to just let Lewis leave them hanging while they continued to develop a 2022 car tailored to both his physical and driving needs.

Does anybody know if there will be any compromise required due to George being so much taller than Lewis?

[PlatinumZealot]

This suggests something official is imminent from Mercedes?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLAh4eKX0AU ... =4096x4096

Some real big celebrity names in those tweets in the background!

The whole world will be watching this season for sure.

[Just_a_fan]

Looks like the melodrama is nearing it's end.

mediadrama. It's the media that stoked it up to be something it wasn't.

[SmallSoldier]

Why do they need to be related? They have a parallel. You can say the FIA didn’t need to address media speculation either, but they did. Mercedes don’t have to address it, They could though, the media will ask anyway.

It would be a bit weird if Mercedes’ didn’t join in with the other people who welcomed Hamilton’s return back to social media which is separate from returning to F1.

Why FIA is addressing Massi? Because he is at the center of the polemic behind the Abu Dhabi race, which has had a lot of backlash from fans… The fact that the FIA is reviewing the situation and the decisions he made during that race of course will include his job as Race Director, they are addressing that and rightfully so.

The fact that Hamilton simply decided he was going to take time off from the Media (been sport or social) is completely different… The speculation on his continuation in the sport was created by the media, the Team nor Hamilton have a need to address it.

There no parallels among both situations… But, it’s clear that you think that Mercedes has to address it and they disagree with you (and in reality, they have, just not the way you want it?).

The media no doubt fuelled the ambiguous insinuations by Mercedes and Hamilton but the latter definitely knew what they were doing in front of the media when said the things they have said and didn’t say. I.e.

“We’ll see about next year”

Along with Wolff inferring Hamilton may not continue “I hope he does”

Why would you need to see about the rest of your contract, or hope your driver continues, if the situation isn’t wide open about your driver continuing or not? Everyone would know why after the protests. So, I think it’s a bit of a cop out to blame the media for this speculation.

They should come out and address it.

Yes the FIA situation isn’t identical, but the parallel is, they didn’t need to address speculation about Masi because they didn’t make an official announcement about firing him or keeping him on. They just said he may not continue as race director, just like Hamilton and Mercedes have refused to rule out retirement for Hamilton when they declined to comment.

But yes in my opinion, they should address it after allowing all that speculation to play into their hand that they themselves encouraged. When the opportunity presents itself.

If you know your driver is racing with you next year, you don’t decline to comment or say “I hope so” you come out and say “no lewis will be racing with us next year”

All part of the political theater post Abu Dhabi… Nothing more, nothing else…

Again, there is Nothing to Address… Nothing owed to anyone… Nothing to “clarify”…

And the Tweet today is more than enough confirmation that he will race this year.