Hamilton explodes against Ferrari for not asking Leclerc to let him pass

Lewis Hamilton ended the F1 Dutch GP with considerable anger with his team. The English driver did not agree with Ferrari’s way of acting when the Briton caught up with much more pace and a different strategy than his teammate. Leclerc in Zandvoort at a crucial moment in his podium aspirations.

In that moment, lewis I expected the group to ask Charles to let him pass so that each one could make the most of their plan, but that was not the case. And that could have cost Lewis the podium.

It all started on lap 42. Hamilton was faster than Charles and asked the team for a change of positions. “I’m faster than Charles, my tires are younger”he told his engineer.

However, two laps later, when he saw that the Maranello team was not acting, he shouted over the radio: “I’m wasting time!”

And on the next lap, after three laps giving up time behind the Monegasque, Ferrari stopped Leclerc in the pits, something that Charles didn’t like either because it prevented him from maximizing his strategy.

“Nice way to waste time, guys. Good job.”Hamilton said then.

This situation was absolutely contrary to what occurred between the Mercedes. The star’s team asked Russell to give up second position to allow Kimi to attack, with a different strategy, to go after the leader, Lando Norris, something that is even more important because George and the Italian are battling for the title. And that’s what Hamilton talked about after the race, visibly angry.

Hamilton’s statements

“I want to win. I’m here to win and it’s difficult when you look ahead and see the two Mercedes drivers: they receive the order and that’s it, they execute it instantly,” Hamilton commented into the microphone of the official F1 television.

“They let Kimi pass and allowed him to continue with the race. I followed a different strategy. The same doesn’t happen here and that’s a little difficult, but we have to accept it. We will discuss it and, when I return, I will talk to them about it,” he noted, with an angry expression.

“Those three or four seconds made the difference in the end,” he said on ‘DAZN’.

“Today has undoubtedly been a frustrating day for me. I am here to win, and I firmly believe that this team can win. We have not been able to win this race, but to win championships we must add all the points,” he also declared this Sunday.

“The last few races have been difficult because of the sanctions and, in addition, today I lost several seconds behind Charles, which I think, ultimately, would have made the difference in the end. But we will analyze it off the track. My goal is to try to take this team to the top of the championship. There is definitely work to do!” he added.

Leclerc also criticizes Ferrari’s strategy

In the middle of the race, there was a question as to whether or not Charles Leclerc had received the order to let Hamilton pass. But that order never came. Instead of asking Charles to give up his position to Lewis by using a different strategy, Ferrari preferred to ask Charles to pit ahead of schedule, something that could also compromise the Monegasque’s race.

Charles considers that he should have stayed on the track more, since Russell had stopped shortly before and needed to make a difference with respect to George.

“The truth is that I didn’t really understand why we had to pit so close to George’s stop, because “That was practically assuming that we were going to finish behind him.”Leclerc told ‘Sky Sport’s.

“With a difference of two or three laps, there wasn’t much I could do on my part. I felt like there was still a little more performance left in my tires. Obviously, Lewis and I were following different strategies at the time, but I felt the right thing to do was to hold on a little longer on the track,” Charles noted.