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“Not good teamwork:” Lewis Hamilton slams Ferrari strategy at F1 Miami GP

Lewis Hamilton Ferrari Charles Leclerc the Miami Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton called Ferrari out for what he considered poor teamwork as he got stuck behind Charles Leclerc during the Miami Grand Prix.

Having started 12th, Hamilton moved through the field and was able to get on the tail of team-mate Leclerc, having stopped for the medium tyres.

The first hint over team radio that Hamilton was angling to be let through came when he said: “I’m just burning up my tyres behind him.”

However the Ferrari pitwall wanted him to stay put behind Leclerc. “We want to keep the DRS to Charles,” reported Hamilton’s race engineer Riccardo Adami, who had previously had terse exchanges earlier in the season.

Hamilton was undeterred, though, as he retorted: “You want me to sit here for the whole race? "This is not good teamwork, that's all I'm gonna say.”

Eventually, Leclerc did let Hamilton through for seventh, but not before the seven-time world champion hit out once again. “In China I got out the way,” and once he had been informed the cars would swap positions, he added: “Have a tea break while you’re at it.”

It left Leclerc then complaining of being in dirty air, all the while the team squabbling over the lower points positions as its rivals proved quicker once again.

However, with Hamilton unable to chase down the Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli in sixth, Ferrari made the call to swap the positions back later in the race. The Briton clearly remained unhappy as, when told Carlos Sainz was now 1.7 seconds behind in the Williams, he chirped back: “Do you want me to let him past as well?”

Hamilton finished third in Saturday’s sprint race but the Ferrari pair ended up battling with Williams for much of the grand prix itself.

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