Lewis Hamilton’s team radio woe: “I f***** up big time”
Hamilton was vying for the podium in fourth position when he made contact with a wall on Turn 7. He eventually finished ninth.
“I’m so sorry about that guys,” he told Mercedes colleagues via team radio. “I f***** that up big time.”
Max Verstappen said via his Red Bull team radio about the damage to Hamilton’s car: “His wing is going to fall off.”
Hamilton pitted to fit a new front wing soon after.
The seven-time world champion had earlier vented frustration at Carlos Sainz on his radio, saying: “Yeah he just brake-tested me.”
Earlier, Hamilton was at odds with his own engineers when he said: “I told you about these tyres, in future you need to listen to me. No grip.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
