“UTP, could you please put your hands together and your phones down for eight-time world champion Lewis Hamilton,” said the host at the Petronas University of Technology at an event a few days ago. However, this isn’t the first time he has been called an 8x champion. In recent memory, Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc have also called him an octa-champion, though they instantly corrected themselves. However, if a new trend on Twitter is to be believed, 80K fans also believe the same. But what exactly led to this pot-stirring situation?

A human error is what the FIA admitted having committed when the then race director Michael Masi gave a green light for the last lap showdown in Yas Marina. While the controversial call brought Hamilton’s world crashing down, it gave Verstappen his first title, ending almost a decade-long drought at Red Bull. However, fans are not ready to let it go. And F1 Twitter and LH fans have joined forces to help the British driver claim the 2021 title back.

Wanting to see Lewis Hamilton wear the crown of 2021 WDC, Patel Gordon-Bennett started the petition on social media. On Tuesday morning, the ‘Abu Dhabi Grand Prix’ was trending on Twitter after a link to the petition was tweeted. The change.org petition document now has over 85,000 signatures on it. And even though the overturning of the result is not probable, we can clearly gather the emotion of the fans from the said petition.

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On one hand, when the world is conspiring to get Hamilton his eighth title. On the other, he may end up with one less from his current tally.

Lewis Hamilton may end up as a six-time champion if we believe Felipe Massa’s aspirations

Last-lap showdowns are not a one-off occurrence for the 7x champion. He snatched Felipe Massa’s 20-second happiness to claim his first title after overtaking Timo Glock on the last lap in 2008. However, after 15 years of slumber, the ex-Ferrari legend woke up and decided to take Bernie Ecclestone’s revelation seriously.

As quoted by Motorsports, Massa said: “There is a rule that says that when a championship is decided, from the moment the driver receives the champion’s trophy, things can no longer be changed, even if it has been proven a theft.”

He admitted to knowing the rule but not acting on it. He said, “At the time, Ferrari’s lawyers told me about this rule. We went to other lawyers and the answer was that nothing could be done. So I logically believed in this situation.”  “[…] I would never go after it thinking financially. I would go after it thinking about justice. I think if you’ve been punished for something that wasn’t your fault, and it’s the product of a robbery, a stolen race, justice has to be served. In fact, the right situation is to cancel the result of that race. It is the only justice that can be done in a case like this.” 

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Do you think after awarding the title to a person, it can be taken back? Can Lewis Hamilton become an eight or six-time world champion?