Lewis Hamilton criticized Ferrari for what he considered a bad team work by caught behind Charles Leclerc during the Miami 2025 Grand Prix of Formula 1.
After leaving 12, Hamilton was tracing through the squad and was able to reach the rear of his teammate Leclerc, who had stopped to mount the hard tires.
The first insinuation Through the radio of the team that Hamilton was trying to let him pass when he said: “I am burning tires behind him.”
However, In Ferrari’s box they wanted him to stay behind Leclerc. “We want Charles to stay with the DRS,” said Hamilton’s career engineer Ricardo Adami, with whom they had already had an exchange of words at the beginning of the season.
Hamilton did not flinch and replied: “Do you want me to sit here the whole race? This is not a good team job, it’s all that I’m going to say“.
Finally, Leclerc let Hamilton pass to be seventh, but not before The seven -time world champion lashed out at him: “In China I took off in the middle,” and once they informed him that they would exchange positions, he added: “Take a tea while you are in it”.
Leclerc knew then to go in dirty air and asked Hamilton to increase the rhythm since he could not distance himself too much, while the team fought for the lowest points positions (seventh and eighth place), since his rivals proved to be faster in the Miami 2025 Grand Prix of F1.
Finally, both exchanged positions again and Hamilton remained eighth just when he was informed that he had Carlos Sainz very close behind him, to which he ironically answered with a: “Do you also want me to let him pass?”
Hamilton finished third in Saturday’s Sprint race, but both Ferrari pilots ended up fighting the Williams during much of Sunday’s long race.
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