Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari “need to have some severe talks behind closed doorways” after preventing between their two drivers price them victory within the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Leclerc minimize a chicane on the primary lap to take the lead from Hamilton, who then misplaced second place to Max Verstappen as a consequence of his team-mate’s assault.
Verstappen went on to win the race with Hamilton second as Kimi Antonelli completed third to develop into the youngest world champion in Formulation 1 historical past.
“Finally, that misplaced us the win right now,” mentioned Hamilton. “Now we have to have some severe talks behind closed doorways.”
Throughout a red-flag interval within the race attributable to a crash for Valtteri Bottas’ Cadillac, Hamilton had mentioned over workforce radio: “We have got large issues. Huge, large issues.”
When knowledgeable Hamilton was sad, Leclerc mentioned: “I’ll communicate with Lewis. We each did not make the nook. I do not know if Lewis’ level was for me to get P3 however having the Pink Bull second I felt it was price it to maintain the place and see what occurred. That is what I did.
“I could possibly be additionally sad with how a lot he pushed me off observe out of Flip One, however it’s racing. If you find yourself preventing for a win it’s the approach it ought to be.”
Hamilton’s level is that if the Ferraris had labored collectively on the primary lap, they’d have been operating one-two and will have managed the race from there and certain completed in these positions.
The incident was the newest and arguably most severe of a collection of tensions between Hamilton and Leclerc this season.
It follows Leclerc pushing Hamilton off observe on the first nook of the Italian Grand Prix.
The race earlier than that, Leclerc ignored a workforce order to let Hamilton by once they have been on completely different methods.
In Singapore final month, there was one other incident when Hamilton felt he ought to have been let by once they have been on completely different tyres, however Ferrari refused to make the decision.
Verstappen, who capitalised on this newest battle in Mexico, mentioned: “Ferrari have been actually quick, I do suppose they made it just a little bit tough for themselves preventing one another and that is why I used to be in a position to capitalise on that. I imply, I take it, proper?
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