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Anthony Hamilton, the father of seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, is set to get an official role with FIA, the motorsport’s governing body, to develop young drivers in the early stages of their careers. The 54-year-old has been working with Mohammed Ben Sulayen, the President of FIA, for the past 18 months or so, in connection with the young driver developmental programme, and now, his role and the programme are set to become official.
Notably, in the early stages of his son Lewis Hamilton career, Anthony Hamilton was quite instrumental, and he was his manager until the 2010 F1 season. The official announcement of Anthony Hamilton’s role and the young driver developmental programme will happen at the FIA conference in Macau in June, as reported by BBC Sport in their latest report on the matter.
It seems a bit of a mess there at the moment: Hamilton on FIA's stance to punish drivers
While the spokesperson to the FIA has stated that he had “provided invaluable insights into an area he is very familiar with", the launch of the programme comes at a time when Mohammed Ben Sulayem is looking to get re-elected in December. Another point of contention is how Lewis Hamilton hasn’t been a fan of the current FIA President’s leadership despite his father working with him.
Just recently, FIA did a complete U-turn on punishing F1 drivers for swearing or criticising officials in regards to facing potential bans apart from dramatically reducing the possible fines to be issued. While reacting to this, Lewis Hamilton said, “Lewis Hamilton said: "It seems a bit of a mess there at the moment. There's lots of changes that are needed, for sure. But it doesn't really impact me at all.”
