Lewis Hamilton, so often a warrior against Saudi Arabia’s human rights’ record, called for the F1 season to end in the Middle East despite the ongoing war between America and Israel and Iran.The season’s concluding races are pencilled in for Qatar on November 29 and in Abu Dhabi a week later, though both events are in serious doubt. Imola is lined up as a replacement if drone strikes in the region do not stop.The race in Imola, if it were to be staged, would likely be run early in the day to beat the wintertime constraints of light.A decision on whether to stick to the scheduled calendar – Qatar and Abu Dhabi – is being delayed as long as possible, giving the possibility a chance, despite serious doubts among the sport’s bosses about whether staff and entire teams would commit to go to the Gulf area.Hamilton, speaking in the Azerbaijan capital Baku ahead of this weekend’s race in a country that borders Iran, said: ‘I personally want to go. I love going to the Middle East. From what I have read, things seem OK out there, but I don’t have all the information and I don’t know what the risk levels are. But I trust Stefano (Domenicali, F1’s chief executive) to make the right decision for the sport‘Finishing in winter in Imola might not be the best weather-wise. The track is beautiful but we won’t be doing any overtaking there so the more races for me the better.’The impact of the conflict has already seen the Bahrain Grand Prix, originally slated for April, decamp to Malaysia on October 4 – an arrangement of convenience orchestrated by the royal families of both countries. Lewis Hamilton wants the sport to return to the Middle EastHamilton, meanwhile, was critical of the decision to hold two ‘races’ in Monaco next year, with a sprint as well as the grand prix proper on the famed track known for its lack of passing opportunities.He said: ‘It makes no sense to me. I am not making the decisions obviously. On a positive note, we get another qualifying session, which is quite cool.‘I have always said Monaco needs to be different. I don’t think it should be the same race formula as everywhere else. We have included sprint races, and I think that has brought something new to the sport but we need to come up with something different for Monaco.‘It is a beautiful place, a beautiful country and an incredible circuit to drive but the races are as dull as it gets. I don’t know what the answer is. But it is not sprint races.’The seven-time world champion also questioned a decision to reduce the distance of races by nine miles each next year so as not to increase the size of fuel tanks.‘This is supposed to be the sport which is the most physically and mentally demanding and there you should be on the edge and longer races,’ argued Hamilton, in outspoken mood yesterday.