Lewis Hamilton repeatedly requested Ferrari if his rivals can be penalised for chopping Flip 1 on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton was irked by drivers who straightened the primary nook firstly of Sunday’s race on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, together with his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc.
Each Leclerc and Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen took to the grass earlier than remerging on monitor in first and third respectively. Leclerc conceded place to McLaren’s Lando Norris however remained forward of Hamilton, which aggravated the Briton.
“I used to be forward of Charles,” Hamilton stated, to which his race engineer Riccardo Adami merely replied: “Understood.”
There was no communication on Leclerc’s radio channel about what occurred firstly.
Verstappen did permit Hamilton again into third place on the run to Flip 4, however Hamilton nonetheless felt his former title rival ought to have been punished.
On Lap 2, Hamilton identified: “Max took a shortcut. A great deal of folks gained benefit,” earlier than asking on the next lap: “What are they doing concerning the automobiles?”
Adami responded: “The incident is famous, they’re checking it.”
Hamilton and Verstappen went on to have an intense duel, with Hamilton selecting up a 10-second time penalty for leaving the monitor and gaining a bonus at Flip 4 on Lap 7.
Following their conflict, Hamilton as soon as once more requested “what are they doing about individuals who took benefit Flip 1?”
Adami stated: “Nothing but. Let’s give attention to our race, hold the traction metrics low. Flip 9 is nice, what you’re doing.”
Hamilton was left annoyed by his penalty, insisting in his defence that “the grip there’s so low”.
On Lap 22, Hamilton questioned: “What about all the opposite automobiles that cheated?”.
Hamilton dropped down the order after serving his penalty throughout his first pit cease and ultimately completed eighth.
He requested once more on Lap 24 for an replace on Flip 1 and apologised twice to Ferrari for ‘shedding you’ third, including “what a shit race.”
Hamilton blasts penalty
Hamilton slammed his penalty as being “fairly nuts” and felt he was singled out by the FIA.
“I imply, that’s just about the identical as all the opposite folks round me, so… Didn’t make sense,” Hamilton informed reporters after the race in Mexico Metropolis.
“I had an awesome begin. You’re braking into Flip 1, I used to be into P2, I navigated by [Turns] 1, and a pair of, and three. I didn’t go off monitor.
“Others minimize it and held place and didn’t get penalties. It was fairly nuts.”
Hamilton was not the one driver who felt his rivals received away with gaining an enduring benefit, with former Mercedes teammate George Russell and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso additionally aggravated by the end result.
