Lewis Hamilton has revealed he spoke with teammate Charles Leclerc following Ferrari’s staff orders mix-up on the finish of the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Ferrari endured a tough weekend final outing in Baku.
Hamilton completed the race in eighth place, simply forward of Leclerc.
The pair opted for alternate methods, with Leclerc beginning on the mediums and Hamilton on the hards.
With Leclerc caught behind Liam Lawson, his race was compromised, permitting Hamilton to shut up shortly within the closing laps.
To offer Hamilton a free run on the automobiles forward – Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda and Lando Norris – Ferrari ordered Leclerc to let him by way of.
Ferrari then needed Hamilton to offer Leclerc the place again on the ultimate lap.
Hamilton reacted too late and in the end completed forward of his teammate.
Leclerc shrugged off the saga after the race, downplaying its significance given their lowly positions.
“Truthfully for the P8 or the P9 it’s not going to be an enormous speaking level,” Leclerc mentioned on Sunday in Baku.
“I don’t actually thoughts. Often these are issues that we agree between guys and the overall guidelines of how we wish to work each time there’s a swap.
“It didn’t occur and that’s okay. It’s not like I might have been rather a lot happier being P8. So I don’t thoughts.”
Talking on Thursday in Singapore, Hamilton confirmed that he had spoken to Leclerc and that “every little thing’s high quality”.
“I spoke to Charles. Every little thing’s high quality,” Hamilton advised reporters in Singapore.
“Charles’ been nice, and, yeah, we labored on communication to make it possible for doesn’t occur once more. It received’t occur once more.”
Hamilton eyes Ferrari enchancment
Ferrari did not capitalise on their sturdy apply tempo in Azerbaijan.
Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton was knocked out in Q2 after Ferrari refused his request to make use of a recent set of tyres, whereas Leclerc crashed in Q3, leaving him tenth on the grid.
“We make choices collectively, after which simply our execution in qualifying,” Hamilton added.
“So, that’s an space the place we knew that the medium tyre was three tenths quicker, after which we didn’t find yourself utilizing it.
“That once more, that’s areas that we will enhance on and ensure we don’t try this.”
