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Bernie: Idea Hamilton was hard done by is ‘nonsense'

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says claims that Lewis Hamilton was robbed in Abu Dhabi are 'complete and utter nonsense'. Hamilton was the in-form driver in Sunday's title-decider, the British racer up by more than 10 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen when the Safety Car came out for Nicholas Latifi's crashed Williams. Although race director Michael Masi initially said none of the lapped cars, of which there were five between Hamilton and Verstappen but eight in total, would be allowed to overtake behind the Safety Car, he then changed his mind. But he only let the five that would have stopped a one-lap shoot-out for the title to unlap themselves. Hamilton was overtaken by Verstappen on...
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