Classy comments from a classy guy (Arrivabene) in a classy organization (Ferrari)...
((clarified, as there will be those who will have their own bias...))
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Hamilton backtracks while Ferrari boss attacks Mercedes...On Sunday, Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff said: "In James Allison's words 'do you think it is deliberate or incompetence?' so this leaves us with a judgement."
Arrivabene was livid as he responded on Monday.
"I came here to clarify, if he actually said something like that," said Arrivabene, speaking to Sky Italia about Allison, who left Ferrari in mid-2016 and joined Mercedes in 2017.
"I mean, he should be ashamed of himself, because he worked many years in Maranello, he took quite a bit of money from Maranello, as well...
"Today, he's doing his job. You have to be elegant and know how to lose. We are here in England. Sometimes, they want to teach us how to be gentlemen. He should start first.
- Bad start -
"Really, this annoyed me so much. Also incompetent...Who? Kimi? Who's he to judge what a driver is doing in the car?
"I can accept it from Jacques [Villeneuve, Sky Italia pundit] because he's been a driver, but that person? No."
Arrivabene suggested Allison should not blame others for his team's disappointment in front of a raucous 140,000 crowd.
"First of all, he should look at the telemetry and understand that his driver, unfortunately for himself, had a bad start...
"So, having a bad start, he immediately lost two positions. Kimi had a good start. We have the telemetry data, so he found himself immediately on top of Hamilton."And I want to remind everyone that, in China, we had a situation between Vettel and Verstappen and nobody said anything. All fine!"But, I mean... I want to give them a message -- it's been a beautiful battle, a battle that I think the audience appreciated.
"There will be other battles, where most likely Mercedes will win, but this is a lesson for us to stay classy -- a thing that they haven't done today."
Meanwhile, Hamilton who missed a chance of a sixth straight victory in his home race sent a message to his fans.
"Thank you for loving me for being me with all my flaws. I know I'm not perfect," he wrote.
"Accepting who you are, and loving yourself, are so important. Go be great today and be you and give zero fcks to what anybody thinks.”And, of course, Hamilton stirs the pot then says "all's well in the world"...
