By Ayomide Tayo
F1 driver Lewis Hamilton has made a claim that he was thrown out of McLaren’s garage after he paid his former team a visit.
‘I went to see them in Australia but I also tried to see them in Jerez, at the test, and there (McLaren’s sporting director) Sam Michael threw me out of the garage. That wasn’t very positive and I don’t feel very good about that’ said Hamilton.
McLaren has responded to Hamilton’s claim via a spokesperson. ‘Sam didn’t throw Lewis out of our garage. Rather, he gently guided him out, since our car was being worked on by our mechanics at the time, with a number of its dismantled components clearly visible, which no-one from a rival team should see. Lewis knew he shouldn’t have been in our garage in the first place, just as all team personnel know they shouldn’t enter rival teams’ garages. But Lewis has spent time in our paddock hospitality units at a number of grands prix so far this season and he’s always been warmly welcomed when he’s visited us.’
Lewis Hamilton switched to Mercedes after a 14 year relationship with McLaren.
