Marie Mahé, media365: published on Monday May 05, 2025 at 2:40 p.m.
The Miami Grand Prix did not really go well for Lewis Hamilton. Eighth, the Briton got angry in the race, but also after.
Lewis Hamilton was very upset. This Sunday, on the occasion of the Miami Formula 1 Grand Prix where he finished in eighth place, just behind his Monegasque teammate Charles Leclerc, the Briton had particularly stormy radio exchanges in the middle of the race. Twice, the two pilots had been invited to exchange their respective positions. At that time, Leclerc and Hamilton were trying to return to the sixth place occupied by the Italian Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes). The seven -time world champion in the specialty then said that he had asked, after the race, from Fred Vasseur, the director of his Ferrari stable, to calm down, during a discussion.
Hamilton: “I could have said things worse on the radio”
On this subject, Hamilton notably confided, in words reported by Motorsport: “Fred came in my room. I just put my hand on his shoulder and I said to him: ‘Dude, calm yourself. Don’t be so likely’.” I could have said things worse on the radio. We hear things that others have said in the past, sometimes with sarcasm. Listen, you have to understand that we are under huge pressure in the car. We never hear the quieter messages in the heat of the action. And yes, it was good to discuss. We said to ourselves that we were going to have to digest … “As for whether his various comments launched in the middle of the race were said under the emotion, the Briton added:” It was not even anger. (…) It’s the type ‘make a decision!’ You are sitting on the chair, you have everything before you, make the decision, quickly. That’s how I was, I was me, we were in panic, we were trying to keep the car on track. We calculated very quickly. “
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