Looks like Lewis Hamilton has found himself in the middle of a Twitter war as the LH44 army is trying to defend their hero. The Mercedes ace was noticeably absent from this year’s Secret Santa video. Subsequently, fans caused a major uproar on the social media platform about Lewis not participating along with the rest of the F1 grid.

The Secret Santa competition is completely optional and the drivers can choose to participate or not. However, some people called out the 7-time world champion for missing it in the last few years. F1 hosts a Secret Santa event every year. Here, drivers are asked to pull out random names from a hat to determine who they will be shopping for before the final race of the season.

The event allows drivers to demonstrate how well they know their colleagues on the grid. It also allows the pilots to banter and be creative with their gifts.

Lewis Hamilton divides F1 Twitter by avoiding participating in the Secret Santa competition

Everything that Lewis Hamilton does eventually makes it to the news. It has happened in the past, and it happened yet again. While his army had his back, others called him out for not blending in with the rest of the grid.

Subsequently, here’s what Lewis Hamilton fans made of the situation. Fans felt people were making an unnecessary fuzz about the incident.

Furthermore, Lewis fans couldn’t understand why it was such a big deal that he did not participate. Additionally, fans also could not comprehend the criticism of the Mercedes driver.

Fans also shared memes, while taking a jibe at rival fans in the process.

Meanwhile, anti-Hamilton fans also let their opinions known.

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What do you make of the incident? Should Lewis have participated in the event?

Which present was the best this season?

McLaren’s Lando Norris gifted Yuki Tsunoda the “best present” he’s ever received in life. Norris gave the Japanese driver a framed picture of him and his teammate and close friend Pierre Gasly. The duo share a great bond together and have created a lot of good memories in their time with AlphaTauri.

Pierre Gasly showed his 6th sense as he guessed his gift, a Monopoly set, even before opening the same. Subsequently, the French driver also took a cheeky dig at Alonso, who gifted him the present. He said, “Well, thank you very much Fernando! On top of giving me his car, he gives me Monopoly as well!”

Max Verstappen received a copy of F1 2022 from his nemesis, Charles Leclerc. However, it had altered covers with the Monegasque edited on the front cover. Alex Albon gave a cheeky black and orange flag to Kevin Magnussen as a reference to having been shown it 3 times this year.

Meanwhile, Nicholas Latifi’s last gift to Daniel Ricciardo was also class. The Canadian driver gifted the Honey Badger a Polaroid Instax Mini camera, along with a Harry Styles shirt.

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But out of all the presents, which one did you like the most?