Lewis Hamilton tells the owner of Ferrari Fred Vasseur “ `be so sensitive ” after the radio dispute during Miami GP | F1 News

Lewis Hamilton revealed that he had said to the owner of Ferrari, Fred Vasseur, not to “be so sensitive” following a radio dispute between the driver and the team during the Miami Grand Prix.

Hamilton became frustrated during the Sunday race when he closed teammate Charles Leclerc with a higher pace, but was not immediately let go to try to chase the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli for the sixth place.

The seven times world champion sent a series of transmissions expressing his dismay while the wall of the pit hesitated, rejected and finally granted his request, when Hamilton felt that too much life had been removed from his tires.

Hamilton said Sky Sports F1: “I wasted a lot of time behind Charles and at that time, that’s for sure, I said to myself” Come on, let’s make a decision quickly, don’t waste time. “”

“I’m sure people don’t like some comments, but you have to understand, it’s frustrating.”

The Ferrari pair that started on various tires, Hamilton, which had progressed 12th on the grid, found itself on the faster environment compared to the hard Leclerc after the stop cycle.

After both having spent Carlos Sainz in the same corner to go to the seventh and eighth, Hamilton immediately asked the team radio that the pit wall changed the cars.

He was told to wait before Ferrari told him that they would stick to the current situation and ensure that he remained in the Leclerc DRS range.

Hamilton replied with anger that the call was “not a good team job” and then referred to the Chinese Grand Prix, when he proposed to leave Leclerc at the time when his teammate went faster behind him.

Ferrari then changed CAP and changed the cars, when a radio message was played in Hamilton saying: “Take a tea break while you are there, go!”

Hamilton, who felt that crucial life had been removed from his tires while he was hanging out Leclerc, could not make major breakthroughs in the advantage of Antonelli, before he was told to leave his teammate in the last stages.

That done, Hamilton then asked for sarcastically if the team wanted him to “ also leaves Sainz ” when he was told about his margin in the train of Williams.

Addressing the media written in Miami, we asked Hamilton if he had had the opportunity to speak to the main director of the team before carrying out his interviews after the race.

He replied: “Fred came to my room. I just put my hand on his shoulder and I said:” Dude, calm down. Don’t be so sensitive. “”

“I could have said much worse on the radio. You hear some of the things that other people have said in the past. Some of this was sarcasm.

“You must understand, we are under enormous pressure in the cars, you will never receive the most peaceful messages in the heat of the battle.”

“I will not apologize for being a fighter!”

Hamilton endured an extremely frustrating beginning of his career Ferrari after his success at the Italian team after 12 years with Mercedes.

Aside from a sprint and a victory in the second round of the season in China, this was a dark start for the partnership between the pilot and the most famous sports team.

The best finish of the Hamilton Grand Prix finished fifth in Bahrain, while Miami in fact represented a new hollow for Ferrari, who was to face the titles this year, while the Brit and the Leclerc struggled with qualifications.

Hamilton explained that a large part of his radio frustration on Sunday was caused by the general difficulties of the team and insisted that he would not apologize for “being a fighter”.

“I don’t know what you are going to write or if I was disrespectful or something else, I honestly don’t think I was,” he said.

“I said to myself: ‘Come on, guys. I want to win’. I always have this fire in my belly. I could feel a little of that that really goes there, and I’m not going to apologize for being a fighter, I will not apologize for wanting it.

“I know everyone in the team does it too. I really believe that when we solve some of the problems we have with the car, we will be back in the fight with Mercedes, with the Red Bulls.

“It just can’t come fast enough. We will try something different during the next race, we will continue to work on our processes. I look forward to a moment when I may be able to fight for a podium, it would be good.”

Leclerc: no bad feelings for Lewis

Leclerc had comfortably surpassed Hamilton in the previous three laps, but had a hard time in Miami, giving reduced interviews on Friday and Saturday.

The Mongasque was on this occasion, the more the two Ferrari pilots on the radio, but joined Hamilton to question the team’s decision -making process.

Leclerc said Sky Sports F1: “This is a difficult situation. I will unfortunately go for the boring answer and I will not comment too much.

“It is obvious that this is not the way we want to manage a race. We will discuss it internally in order to make better decisions.

“There are no bad feelings for Lewis, absolutely not. It’s just as a team that we have to do better and today was proof.

“I do my best. I give everything I have so that we are a better team, to have a better car, to be better. This is where us focus.”

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