Hamilton was denied an all-time record eighth F1 championship last year when race director Michael Masi’s incorrect interpretation of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car rule allowed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, on fresher tyres, 🌠to🌠 pass him and claim the title.

Verstappen’s 2022 championship has been won amid the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap scandal - Red Bull are still awaiting their penalty for brea𓆏ching the 2021 budget cap.

“You buried it and moved on," Hamilton told BBC about the cost cap row bringing back memories of th🦂e ill-fated 2021 finale. 

“And then it comes back up and it's like another bit of a kick. So then [it was a case of] just getting back into the phase of jusꦅt suppressing it and moving forwards."

Hamilton had threatened t🐼o quit F1 in✅ the wake of last year’s season finale.

Heꦿ now says: "Was I ever truly not going to comꦫe back?

"I am not one to give up like that.

"What really was breaking was to💙 just believe that the sport would do something like that. That that would happen, given that there are so many people you rely on. You expect that the job would be ꦺdone right.

"An outcome of a world cham🃏pionship which so many people have worked so hard for wꦬould come out through a wrong decision from somebody, you know?

"That was probably the only thing. It wa𝓡sn't💜 for my lack of love for working with my team or racing cars.

"If you can lose a championship through wrongdoing within an organisation, that was the thing that I wo✅ndered whet𝔍her…

"I spent time with my family 🔯and that was really the best part of the healing. That enabled me to r⛎eally recover, really bounce back.”

Hamilton is sixth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings heading into the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Mexico City Grand Prix this weekend.

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