On the day of the first free practice in Spain a new case seems to threaten paddock. According to what was reported by Daily Mail on June 10th an anonymous email would arrive to all the influential personalities in the paddock and journalists with the subject of a rather disturbing report from a Mercedes employee regarding Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton sabotaged by Mercedes? The mysterious email
After the case involving Christian Horner at the beginning of the season for harassment of a Red Bull employee which began with an anonymous email, attention has clearly increased. However, after months of apparent calm, a new scandal has returned to shake the paddock. This time it would end up in the sights of the press Mercedes accused of sabotaging Lewis Hamilton given the "betrayal" of the 7-time world champion who will say goodbye to the team at the end of the season to join Ferrari.
Although Hamilton declared that he was not aware of any email in Mercedes, the alarm has already been triggered, and an attempt is being made to trace the IP address of the email. The team would have clarified that it is absolutely not an employee even if a very close source would have guaranteed the journalist of the Daily Mail and the facts told in the email are a rather accurate reconstruction of reality.
The text sent to the paddock would be as follows:
"Some of us in the team are unhappy with the systematic sabotage of Lewis and his car, his tire strategy, race tactics and the related repercussions on his mental health. Lewis is cut off and there are some sneaky things happening that people need to know about.
Ask the questions and the truth will come out, you will find everything in the data. With the exception of Bono (Peter Bonnington, Hamilton's race engineer) and those who love Lewis, everyone else is on a dangerous path that could be life-threatening for Lewis, the other drivers and even the public. The strategy of fitting him with cold tires is a death sentence."
A thorny question and which casts shadows on the team
The question would therefore be rather thorny. First of all because we are talking about a very serious topic. Sabotaging a driver's car would also pose serious risks for the safety of the driver and others. Not to mention the moral aspect of the issue and that it would discredit the entire team. We'll see if the truth comes out.
Source statements: FormulaPassion
