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Lewis Hamilton travelled all the way to Baku for the FIA gala, to pick up his prize for P3 in the 2023 F1 Championship – and then left it behind…
Lewis Hamilton, after finishing third in the World Championship and attending the FIA prize-giving ceremony where Max Verstappen and Red Bull were crowned World Champions, left his P3 trophy behind and gifted it to a fan. The ceremony followed a controversial investigation by the FIA into Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and F1 Academy director Susie Wolff, after claims of sharing confidential information between them. Susie Wolff received statements of support from all other nine teams, with Mercedes also involved in legal proceedings with F1’s governing body. Hamilton criticized the FIA for their actions, calling it “unacceptable.”
