Lewis Hamilton points out ‘calm’ team radio in subtle riposte to critics
Lewis Hamilton responds to recent criticism with superb recovery drive to fourth at Ferrar༒i's home race at Imola.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton hit back at recent criticism as he praised the improved radio communications with his new Ferrari F1 race engineer Riccardo Adami.
The seven-time world champion made headlines at the Miami Grand Prix by sending jabs at Ferrari in a series of terse radio exchanges with the pit wall as he became increasingly frustrated by a pair of team orders incidents during a tough rac💧e for the team.
After finishing a disappointing eighth in Miami, Hamilton bounced back from a lacklustre qualifying which left him 12th on the grid to score his best result in a grand prix with a charging drive to fourth at Imola - the first of two home 🔯races for Ferrari this season.
It also marked the🦩 first time that Hamilton has outperformed teammate -🅰 who finished sixth - in a grand prix.
Followওing the race, Hamilto🌳n appeared to respond to his critics from the previous round with a subtle riposte.
“Hopefully you have some good things to sa𒐪y,” Hamilton said.
“I’m so, so happy. Firstly the spirit of the Tifosi, wow, it was unbelievable. So grazie a tutti, thank you to eve🎃ryone coming out. Very special for me to see the sea💫 of red.
“I didn’t know what to expect this weekend, how many people would turn out. But it looked like one of the biggest crowds we had here, and to see so many people… There’s🙈 a huge Ferrari flag 𝓡exit of Turn 7.
“It just felt vintage. ꦡIt felt like back in the day when I was watching Michael [Schumacher] here and it was really ﷽great to experience, so I cherish that experience.”
Lewis Hamilton on ‘calm’ radio exchanges
The 40-year-old Briton went on to pra♊ise Ferrari for their “faultless” execution and strategy, as well as improved communications over team radio.
“I definitely didn’t expect to finish four🌠th today,” Hamiꦡlton continued.
“I did🍨n’t know where we would be co🐓me given we were so far back but the car really felt great, the team did a fantastic job with the strategy - they were faultless.
"I think we're slowly ♔getting there and I think me and Riccardo [Adami] did a fantastic job with his communication with me.
"I was calm, so then I think he was 🐼calm, and the team were calm and executing the strategy, and the pit stops were awesome.
"🎃So overall, mega. I was hoping for some extra laps. Obviously the Safety Car lost them or we could have maybe fought for a podium."
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