Lewis Hamilton's anger at the FIA ​​has been compared to the Ayrton Senna incident which saw him banned

"For Hamilton, it's a horrible situation because now they're following protocol correctly," Bird told the BBC podcast. "If they had followed the protocol correctly, he would be an eight-time world champion, to be honest, and Max Verstappen would be on his way to being a first world champion, a very impressive first world champion.

"It reminds me a lot of Senna, when he was in charge. You asked the FIA ​​to change the rules at the final chicane at Suzuka, and Senna came out of the driver briefing [in Japan in 1990] saying, ' It's not fair, you completely destroyed me last year, you took my license, you banned me so I'm leaving". It's a bit similar. I can certainly understand why Lewis Hamilton feels a bit at a disadvantage."