“Let’s get straight away”: Ferrari team boss Frédéric Vasseur knew what blossomed when he appeared in the Miami paddock to the press with the press. Aimed at the assembled reporters, he threw in between that he would like to discuss, “why we finished a minute behind McLaren”. But nobody asked about that. Something else seemed more urgent. Even more urgent. Yes, the Formula 1 tour over the parking lot of the Miami Dolphins’ football stadium ended on Sunday afternoon (local time) shallow for Scuderia: Charles Leclerc Siebter, Lewis Hamilton Achter and Ferrari without a chance against the new permanent winner McLaren (“They drove like another star”), Mercedes and Red Bull. Vasseur now reluctantly speak-if you can be handled in this way, still ends up behind Alex Albon in Williams, at least not noticeable. Although Oscar Piatri was the first McLaren man to win a Grand Prix for the third time-ahead of Teammate Lando Norris and Mercedes-Pilot George Russell, the scuderia was lost after this career. Headlines. No team of Formula 1 dominates this feat as Ferrari. Hamilton: “Don’t be so sensitive” what was going on? They spent again, the tax men and their engineers on the box. Via radio, on the open stage. Millions in front of the television listened to everything: Hamilton against Riccardo Adami, Leclerc against Bryan Bozzi. “Fred,” said Hamilton later about a short briefing with Vasseur after the race, “came to my room. I put my hand on his shoulder and said: Calm down. Don’t be so sensitive. I could have said much worse things about the radio.” Vasseur also revealed what he said Hamilton: “The most important thing”, he said about his star pilot “that we trust you and that you trust us.” But the series. Hamilton, third on Saturday, crawled himself from the start of the year in the sixth race of the year from a tedious place to go, a number of rounds alone needed on the hard tires before he passed Esteban Ocon in Haas. A virtual safety car phase braked the entire pack, helped Hamilton to a time-saving service and washed it forward. With fresh, now medium -hard pirellis he was suddenly behind Leclerc. The Ferrari drama started. The English-he thought he was on the go-felt slowed down. Leclerc circled on the hard, supposedly “slower” tires on the contrary strategy. “Everything I could see,” said Hamilton later, “was a Mercedes in front of us, and I thought that maybe we could come to sixth place or so.” Hamilton hisses: “No good teamwork” followed Lawling in Lawlech: “I just burn my tires behind him!” Everything I say. ” A Zetern, a whine. Hamilton’s message was unmistakable: he wanted to pass Leclerc without a fight. Ferrari Zauded, engineer Adami asked for time. “Make a tea break when you are already there,” Hamilton hissed. It drew. After three rounds, Leclerc had to make a seat. Vasseur explained that it was initially uncertain whether Hamilton was really faster or whether it looked because of the DRS effect that allowed the flat spots of the wings to better overtake in the areas of the route. In any case, Hamilton seemed satisfied for now, but now Leclerc has to scold: “Lewis has to drive faster. Stick. ” So it was about the golden pineapple in places seven and eight cheerfully. Awkward. But it wasn’t over yet. “Do you want me to pass it on too?” The Hamilton, who was passed by, did not catch up with Mercedes Teenager Kimi Antonelli. So – good custom under teammates – should wave Hamilton Leclerc again. That stank. “We are trying it again next round,” said Leclerc, because Hamilton deliberately ignored the first announcement. “Is okay,” replied Leclerc, “we discuss it after the race.” Four tours before Ultimo obeyed Hamilton, but shot a poison arrow. On the information from the engineer that Williams pilot Carlos Sainz reveals, Hamilton asked sarcastic: “Do you want me to pass it on too?” Clearly dissatisfied with the overall situation, the forty year old. Later he campaigned for leniency: “You have to understand,” said Hamilton, “that we are under enormous pressure in the car. In the heat of the battle, we will never transmit particularly peaceful radio sayings.” Activate external content after his pit stop, the record winner said that he absolutely wanted to make up for further ground and also had more speed than Leclerc in front of him. “We lost a lot of time. That was frustrating in the zeal of the battle.” He was not even angry, Hamilton said that he only longed for the decision of the box. “Many things have to get better”, Leclerc also tried de -escalation. He didn’t notice anything from Hamilton’s comments, said the twenty -seven -year -old. He has “no bad feelings” towards the teammate at all. He pushed his own irritated radio sayings on the frustration to circling eighth in Ferrari, so in no man’s land. More about the Themada’s race in Miami was already lost for Ferrari in qualification. Again, it was not possible to bring the tires to the right temperature. The fatal consequences have been given in a quick round, as Hamilton’s twelfth and Leclercs eighth in the starting place race proved. First this year, in Bahrain, Leclerc started a Ferrari man from the front row. Hamilton’s best quality result remains a fifth place in China. It is difficult to win. Where to start? “Many things,” said Hamilton in Miami, “have to get better.”
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