“Only if you feel you can’t stay ahead of him Lewis”.
Let’s be honest - Ferrari needs to be talked to like this until they stop waffling on strategy and screwing both drivers. Lewis has the confidence to do it and I applaud him for it.
I bet Toto is proud
Half or all Ferrari race management should be sacked.
Loving the radio messages
And still, he wasn’t faster than Leclerc, when he had the chance
It seemed to me like they took so long the tyre difference disappeared.
Every sane team would have made the call on their own. “Team mate on faster tires from behind. Make room, we’ll swap back in X laps.”
When he got past LeClerc, he was making up between 3 and 5 tenths each lap, if he wasn’t told to swap back, he would have been very close by the end. If they swapped him sooner on fresher tires, he probably would have gained the position.
Because he, Lewis, had DRS he was able to gain on Leclarc? Once he was past Leclarc he didn’t have it and then Charles was on his tail, telling him to speed up because now he was stuck. They wanted to run calculations to see if Hamilton was given the lead would he make it…or will Leclarc’s tires would come around and be able to beat Hamilton in the long run because Hamilton’s tires will only be great for 4-5 more laps? I think they, Ferrari, need some help with strategy but I just saw it as Hamilton frustrated and having a hissy fit that he wasn’t just given what he thought he was due right when he asked for it. Maybe he can wear another one of those rockstar fluffy jackets to the track…make sure everyone swoons over his style.
U mad bro
No, I’m just not part of the Hamilton club. He’s an incredible driver, but his attitude sucks. In most people’s eyes he can do no wrong. Virtual safety car gave him the easier overtake with Sainz. Sainz less than a second behind Hamilton he’s already wanting Leclarc to swap, lap 36? He is past Leclarc late lap 38? So I see a full 2 laps of trying to figure out tires and Sainz before saying go ahead. The whole time Hamilton making shitty remarks, meanwhile Leclarc’s tires were improving. He was defending against Sainz(which allowed Hamilton an easier pass), pre vsc, and is now pulling away. The give it back was only fair…and he did cry about that one. That wasn’t a burn to the pit wall, it was a hissy fit that he had to give the position back.
His attitude towards his directionless team? They would be better off with him calling the orders. Charles would likely benefit as well.
No…his whole demeanor. On and off the track. I agree Ferrari needs an overhaul. Charles has been screwed by them for several years now. Hamilton was a primadonna long before Ferrari though. His “I’m a rockstar” and “Look at me” just puts me off. You don’t see other drivers showing up dressed like he’s Zoolander.
Who cares what the guy wears
I mean it took 4 or 5 laps between him asking and the team getting around to do something. So yeah he lost the tire advantage by that point and the entire thing became rather useless.
^ This!!! Although I don’t think Lewis had the tires to catch 5.5 seconds & overtake even if they’d done it straight away, but I think he’d have been close to DRS range with still 4-5 laps left, they could have then swapped back & Charles on the hard tire could have had a chance at least…
