Frustrated Lewis Hamilton claims Ferrari strategy cost him F1 Dutch GP podium
Lewis Hamilton expressed frustration with Ferrari's race strategy following the Dutch Grand Prix, suggesting that poor decision-making cost him a podium finish. He compared the team's performance unfavorably to his former team, Mercedes, and emphasized the need for better execution to remain competitive.
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Fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have improved his finishing position if Ferrari had been more decisive. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock Fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have improved his finishing position if Ferrari had been more decisive. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock Formula One 2026 Frustrated Lewis Hamilton claims Ferrari strategy cost him F1 Dutch GP podium Briton says team too slow to pit Charles Leclerc
‘It’s something that we need to discuss offline’
Prefer the Guardian on Google Lewis Hamilton has told his Ferrari team that they must up their game if he is to remain in the Formula One world championship fight after the British driver was angry with strategy calls at the Dutch Grand Prix , comparing them unfavourably with the decisive way his former team Mercedes had acted.
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