Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to tell Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur to ‘calm down’, after some tense moments with the F1 team during the Miami Grand Prix.
However, the team deliberated for four laps, before deciding to make the switch. The indecision clearly frustrated seven-time champion Hamilton, who sarcastically said on his team radio: “Have a tea break while you’re at it,” referring to how long it had taken to make the decision.
These comments have fed the narrative of Hamilton being frustrated with both his own performances, and the pace of the SF-25, with his move to the Maranello outfit not getting off to the best of starts.
Following the Miami GP, Hamilton revealed to media that Vasseur had come to speak to him after the race about the incidents over team radio.
With their seventh and eighth-place finishes, Ferrari now appear to be in a battle for fourth in the constructors’ championship with Williams, rather than being able to challenge the likes of Mercedes, McLaren and Red Bull further up.
However, six race weekends are now gone, and Hamilton is down in seventh in the drivers’ championship, and has not achieved a grand prix result better than fifth.