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Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says that Lewis Hamilton's angry reaction to quotes that were wrongly attributed to him was "understandable", as he revealed the matter had now been dealt with privately.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/marko...a/4808588/

....so yet another faux pas from Hamilton then.....imo I think Lewis should do the right thing & publicly apologise to Helmut (even if he is a bellend) on the same platforms he made the wrongful accusations.

"Once RTL was sure the quotes were fake, the Red Bull team and Marko himself then separately contacted Hamilton.

"[Christian] Horner sent an SMS to Hamilton," said Marko. "He erased his posts."

Marko himself later sent an email to Hamilton, to which he says the Mercedes driver "also replied"

While Marko will not reveal what Hamilton wrote, he said that as far as he was concerned, the matter was dealt "in good faith"

Reflecting on the events, Marko said that he could sympathise with Hamilton being annoyed if he had believed he was being criticised for his recent stance on racism.

"He is emotionally very involved," added Marko. "As a racing driver, he is not obliged to do research whether this is true or not. In that respect, his reaction is understandable to me."

What Marko found less excusable was the way a website had reported completely made-up quotes to misrepresent him and the Red Bull team."

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I've got two takes on this, to me one much more surprising & happy than the other, certainly looks like Lewis jumped the gun, part of me cant blame him with all the BLM stuff going on, lets face it I've been duped by what I've read online many times.

"Marko will not reveal what Hamilton wrote"  Honestly it would suprise me if Lewis did not apologuise to Helmut & Red Bull as his source was clearly bullshit, lets say i would very much hope that he did.

I'm not that suprised Lewis was duped, I was very pleasantly suprised by Helmuts reaction & his words, he has kept the conversation private & understands where Lewis was comming from, even to the point of defending his actions.


Many many times I've been irked by "the helmut" but today I've seen another side of him.

I suspect Lewis will have that feeling we have all had when we wake up after a heavy night & think "I didn't really do that did I?" (except he was sober hehe)