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A fan claimed Lewis Hamilton had gifted him his official FIA award, with Mercedes clearing up the confusion.
The fan at the centre of the confusion admitted that Lewis Hamilton mistakenly believed he was an official in charge of the trophy. Images on social media showed Hamilton’s third-place trophy left behind on a table at the FIA prize-giving ceremony in Baku. The fan claimed that Hamilton had gifted him the award and took it home, but Mercedes clarified that it was a misunderstanding. Hamilton left the trophy behind for the FIA to send it to the team, thinking the fan was the responsible official. It has been clarified that the fan did not steal the award, as some users had claimed.
