Lewis Hamilton did not appreciate that Ferrari asked him to let his teammate Charles Leclerc pass in the last laps of the Miami Grand Prix. The Briton split a scathing replica to his engineer in the middle of the race.
Will they manage to live in peace until the end of the season? It was in any case very tense this Sunday, May 4, 2025 between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in the Miami Grand Prix. Or rather between the Briton and his Ferrari stable, who asked him to give way to the Monegasque for the last laps.
“It’s really not a good team job”
A strategic choice since Leclerc seemed faster than Hamilton and that he found himself blocked behind his elder … to the point of being at the mercy of his pursuer Carlos Sainz. After a tour of status quo, Lewis Hamilton finally executed. Even if he had reminded his engineer, a little earlier in the race, that he had already had to make this sacrifice in China already “when we had different strategies”. “It’s really not a good teamwork, that’s all I’m going to say,” said the pilot on the radio.
Attacked to the end by Sainz
Behind, the seven -time world champion saw Sainz and his Williams threaten his eighth position. He had to fight until the end, with a beautiful fright on a late attack from the Spaniard, to finally keep his rank. But what has marked the spirits is this punchline dropped to his team: “You also want me to (sainz) let pass?”
Enough to augur heated discussions at Ferrari in the coming hours, even if Charles Leclerc assured that he “did not want Lewis”. The fact remains that between Hamilton and Sainz, on the other hand, no lizard: evidenced by their hug at the end of the race. Eighth this Sunday, the Briton is living a first season for the moment delicate at the wheel of the Scuderia: he could not do better than fifth place in Bahrain.
