Mess in Ferrari between Hamilton and Leclerc and incendiary radio from Lewis: “5 seconds? The stewards are giving the victory to Charles. We had agreed on it in the drivers’ meeting”

There was trouble at Ferrari in the Mexican F1 GPwith a fight that harmed both when they occupied the first two positions at the beginning after a great start by the two red cars. And there were also two incendiary radios Lewis Hamiltonwho came to disagree with the penalty that Leclerc ended up receiving for his maneuver against lewis in turns 4 and 5, considering that Charles had to return to his position.

The earthquake between the two drivers in red was tremendous and adds to a complicated season in which hamilton He already complained on several occasions about the lack of decisions at Ferrari, seeing that they did not give him priority over Charles when he was closer to the lead than his teammate, as he said in Monza.

But this time, things were much worse. hamiltonwho started from pole, started very well and did not let anyone overtake him despite the long distance until turn 1. And his teammate Leclerc, who started 3rd, placed himself behind the Englishman and managed to put the car into turn 1. Both were in parallel and the tragedy was felt. But the worst was yet to come. Upon reaching turns 4 and 5, Leclerc He tried again, this time from the outside. Hamilton was not going to allow it and extended the braking. Both were about to touch each other and both went off the track, although with different luck.

Leclerc cut Turn 5 on the grass and came out first, taking a clear lead off the track. Meanwhile, Hamilton rejoined the asphalt with less speed than Verstappen who would take advantage of the mess to snatch 2nd place from him.

Sanction for Leclerc, but Hamilton complains

The FIA ​​decided to investigate the matter, even more so after notifying all drivers and teams that it was going to sanction drivers who took advantage of going off in those first corners.

The easiest thing in that situation in any race would have been for Leclerc to have returned the position to Hamilton, but on this occasion, he couldn’t do it because Verstappen was between them. Thus, Charles, aware of how much the car in first position gains by being able to run in clean air on a track where it is very difficult to follow another car, decided to take a possible penalty to serve during his pit stop.

And finally, the FIA ​​decided to sanction Charles with 5 seconds. Max Verstappen didn’t understand it. “Didn’t we say it was 10 seconds?” said the Dutchman over the radio. But worse were Hamilton’s radios, asking for a different resolution that would harm his own teammate.

“5 seconds to Leclerc? Yes, but he has clean air and doesn’t have to manage like us. He should return the position”The Englishman said on the radio.

And then he insisted. “The stewards are basically handing the victory to Charles. We had agreed on it in the drivers’ meeting”.

Finally, Leclerc He served the 5″ penalty in the pits, but Verstappen, with a better stop, overtook him in the pit lane to snatch the first position. What could have been a 1-2 for Ferrari was disappearing due to a mess between his two drivers.