While the vanguard struggle no longer really existed, the great animation of the end of race at the Miami Grand Prix was the radio exchanges between Lewis Hamilton and its stand. The Briton, who was on an inverted strategy compared to his teammate Charles Leclerc, found himself just behind the Monegasque with more efficient tires at the start of the second relays.
However, Ferrari put four laps in total to reverse the positions on the track. Meanwhile, Hamilton had time to pour out on the radio. “Do you want me to stay there for the rest of the race?”, “It’s not a good team job, that’s all I’m going to say”, “I am destroying my tires”as well as the now famous “Take a tea while you are there” When the exchange of positions was finally announced or finally “You want me to leave [Carlos Sainz] Pass too? “ when he gave his position to Leclerc; Here is an anthology of the various messages disseminated by the TV production.
The sarcasm of the seven -time world champion did not fail to challenge, but the latter posted a relaxed attitude after the race, relativizing the scope of his words, especially with Frédéric Vasseur, the director of the Scuderia. “Fred came to my room [après la course]. I simply put my hand on his shoulder, telling him to calm down, not to be so likely. I could have said much worse on the radio, like some things that others have said in the past. It was partly sarcasm. You must understand that we are subject to huge pressure at the wheel of the cars. We cannot get the most serene messages to the action of the action. “
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One of the reasons behind Hamilton’s insistent messages concerning the exchange of positions was the feeling that over time spent behind Leclerc, he gradually lost the pneumatic advantage that he had thanks to his new mediums and therefore a chance to be able to return to the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli, in sixth place.
“Yes, I lost a little [de jus] Tire at that time, but it’s okay. We were fighting for a place in the end, but it would have been great if we may have been able to do what Valtteri [Bottas] And I had done in Budapest a few years ago: leave me the position, let’s see if I can catch it and if it is not the case, I give it up. But, in the end, it didn’t work. “
Hamilton made here reference to the 2017 Hungary Grand Prix during which, in an attempt to try to disturb the double Ferrari who was announced, Mercedes had asked the Finn to let the British pass to try his luck. Finally, after failing to take the advantage, Hamilton had returned his position on the podium in Bottas in the last lap.
“It was not even anger, it was not as if I was farting the lead – ‘just make a decision!” “Hamilton added. “You are sitting on a chair, you have the elements in front of you, make the decision quickly. I was saying ‘we are in panic, we try to keep the car on the track’. Everything goes quickly in our mind.”
Hamilton pleasant: “At least it was all public”
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
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Asked about the show created by his radio exchanges with his stand at the end of GP, Hamilton responded by joke, also in reference to the discussions of the last months on coarse language: “At least that was all public, isn’t it? Obviously, I don’t know what you are going to write, if it was disrespectful or not … Honestly, I didn’t find it right there ‘go guys, I want to win’. I always have this fire in me. I’m not going to apologize for wanting to fight. I’m not going to excuse myself to always want it.
-“I really believe that when we have resolved some of the problems of the car, we will be in the fight with Mercedes, with Red Bull. […] We will try something different during the next race. We will continue to work on our procedures. I look forward to the moment when I may be able to fight for a podium. It would be good. “
Beyond the question of the strategy implemented in Miami, Hamilton believes that part of the frustration also came because Ferrari was not competitive enough: “In the end, whether we could or not have exceeded it, we were not fast enough. It is probably where frustration comes from. But we do not give up, we continue to work.”
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