From GMM
Lewis Hamilton apologised personally for lying to stewards to FIA race director Charlie Whiting, it has emerged.
In addition to his now famous public apology in front of the world's media at Sepang, the reigning world champion issued another apology at the verge of the recent Malaysian grand prix, according to Whiting.
"He came to me and wanted to talk to me privately, and just said he wanted to apologise for everything he'd done, and he wouldn't do it again," he is quoted as saying by the Mirror.
In the meantime, Adrian Sutil has hinted that Lewis Hamilton's seemingly perpetual run-in with F1's governing body could be a case of racism.
As the latest scandal - dubbed 'lie-gate' by the media - occupies the formula one world, the reigning world champion's closest friend on the grid expressed concern about constant controversies involving Hamilton.
German Sutil, 26, who was the Briton's F3 teammate in 2005, believes Hamilton is "sick" of falling on the wrong side of the FIA's attentions.
"I have no idea how he has got so many punishments," he is quoted as telling his column in the Dutch Formule 1 Race Report.
"Slowly you start to ask yourself why it always happens to him. Is it his skin colour?" Sutil wondered.
And ahead of McLaren's appearance on sporting fraud charges at the World Motor Sport Council later this month, it is speculated that a negative result could cause Hamilton to quit the British team.
It is becoming clear that - if found guilty on the disrepute charge - the most likely sanction for McLaren is suspension for multiple races, which could also trigger the 24-year-old and his furious father Anthony's departure.
The only team linked with the potentially on-the-market Hamilton so far is the dominant Brawn, already powered by McLaren's engine partner Mercedes-Benz, who are annoyed about the scandal so soon after the 'spy-gate' saga of 2007.
Lewis Hamilton apologised personally for lying to stewards to FIA race director Charlie Whiting, it has emerged.
In addition to his now famous public apology in front of the world's media at Sepang, the reigning world champion issued another apology at the verge of the recent Malaysian grand prix, according to Whiting.
"He came to me and wanted to talk to me privately, and just said he wanted to apologise for everything he'd done, and he wouldn't do it again," he is quoted as saying by the Mirror.
In the meantime, Adrian Sutil has hinted that Lewis Hamilton's seemingly perpetual run-in with F1's governing body could be a case of racism.
As the latest scandal - dubbed 'lie-gate' by the media - occupies the formula one world, the reigning world champion's closest friend on the grid expressed concern about constant controversies involving Hamilton.
German Sutil, 26, who was the Briton's F3 teammate in 2005, believes Hamilton is "sick" of falling on the wrong side of the FIA's attentions.
"I have no idea how he has got so many punishments," he is quoted as telling his column in the Dutch Formule 1 Race Report.
"Slowly you start to ask yourself why it always happens to him. Is it his skin colour?" Sutil wondered.
And ahead of McLaren's appearance on sporting fraud charges at the World Motor Sport Council later this month, it is speculated that a negative result could cause Hamilton to quit the British team.
It is becoming clear that - if found guilty on the disrepute charge - the most likely sanction for McLaren is suspension for multiple races, which could also trigger the 24-year-old and his furious father Anthony's departure.
The only team linked with the potentially on-the-market Hamilton so far is the dominant Brawn, already powered by McLaren's engine partner Mercedes-Benz, who are annoyed about the scandal so soon after the 'spy-gate' saga of 2007.