“Not this being more interesting than the 2023 season”: F1 fans react to Mercedes staff's innovative method to retrieve wedding ring from the Marina

After the 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, a member of the Mercedes staff lost his wedding ring while celebrating the end of the 2023 F1 season. Since Abu Dhabi was the last race of the season, many teams celebrated the end of the year. Since Silver Arrows secured second place in the constructors' championship, they were quite happy with how their season ended.

During the party, things got a little wild, and one of the Mercedes staff was playfully thrown in the marina; this is quite common in Abu Dhabi. Swimming in the water, however, the team member lost his wedding ring. After the party, a full-blown search started for the wedding ring.

F1 journalist Philip Horton posted some pictures of how a diver was employed to find the ring. He came to the scene with full diving gear and an underwater metal detector.

This post went viral and many F1 fans reacted to it. Several people humorously stated how this story is more interesting than the entire Abu Dhabi GP and even the 2023 F1 season.

The F1 journalist kept posting updates on his X account, which made fans even more intrigued. Some even questioned whether people should be thrown into the marina for fun and how it can be dangerous.

Here are some of the reactions:

"Not this being more interesting than the 2023 season."

"Do they always casually throw team members in the marina? I hope they found it!!"

As of now, there have not been any more updates on whether the wedding ring was found or not.

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Lewis Hamilton on Mercedes W14's poor performance in the 2023 F1 season

Even though Mercedes ended the season on a high by securing second place in the constructors' championship, Lewis Hamilton was not too happy with how the Mercedes W14 performed throughout the season. When Sportskeeda asked him about the car, he explained how it has been unpredictable to drive.

“Just a very been a very unpredictable car, it's been the same all year,” he said.

Hamilton further went on to explain how the W14 is out of balance whenever he hits the brakes and it goes on to hit the apex.

“It’s not more consistent as before, per corner to the moment you hit the brakes, the moment you turn you hit the apex, it's definitely out of balance. It's very hard to predict what’s going to happen.”

The Mercedes star ended the season securing third place in the driver's championship table with 234 points, while his team scored 409 in the constructors' championship and secured second place.