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“Shut Up… Get a Life”: Fans Protect Lewis Hamilton From Defamatory Allegations as Controversy Erupts Over Gesture During Austrian National Anthem

Published Jul 4, 2023 | 5:15 AM EDT

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Despite its nonexistence in the last and the current season, the Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen rivalry lives on. The cold war is hardly visible on the track. However, the fans are keeping the rivalry alive by nitpicking on even gestures to attack the rival driver. During the Austrian GP, Hamilton faced some similar antics from Verstappen’s orange army. However, the LH army wasn’t going to let it pass. In fact, the fans flooded the unbiased defamatory allegation for a simple act of self-preservation with counter-criticism.

During the Austrian GP, Hamilton man was pictured covering his ears like a lot of other drivers do. The drivers do it to protect themselves from the extremely loud sounds in and around the track. On this particular occasion, the Mercedes man was doing so while the Austrian National anthem was playing.

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Hamilton was the only driver in the lineup covering his ears during the national anthem at the home of Red Bull. Twitter user @DaanBarnard took it upon themself to outline this and criticize the Brit.

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They tweeted, “Lewis Hamilton’s disrespectful gesture during the Austrian national anthem. Covering his ears – a lack of sportsmanship that doesn’t go unnoticed. If any other driver had done the same, the backlash would’ve been immense. #F1 needs to ensure rules apply to all.”

The tweet soon caught the attention of many. Unlucky for @DaanBarnard, it was the Hamilton stans who took notice of these claims and started defending their champion against these allegations.

Lewis Hamilton stans voice their support for their champion against defamatory comments

Hamilton has a large community of active Twitter users/fans who are defending their world champion come what may, something they do often. This LH army was in attack mode to defend Hamilton from the criticism he was facing for protecting his ears.

The fans used past references and logical explanations to defend Hamilton with a touch of sarcasm like, “Girl shut up. Get a life.”

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The fans even pointed out how the jets during the national anthem could’ve played a major part in this action from Hamilton. However, for as long as the two keep racing each other, the fans will continue to find something to fight out.

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Mahim Suhalka

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Aishwary Gaonkar