The opinion of the former Ferrari
“I am here to win. It is hard to accept that in Mercedes orders are given and executed by the drivers and not in Ferrari. I will talk about it with the team“. Lewis Hamilton did not use diplomacy in the post-race of the Dutch GP, emphasizing that he lost the podium because the Ferrari pit wall did not give the order to Charles Leclerc to let the seven-time world champion pass when the strategies of the two Rossa drivers ‘crossed’.
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Hamilton was also very harsh towards the pit wall via radio, complaining during the race that he even felt like a ‘guinea pig‘.
During the post-race analysis ‘Race Anatomy‘ on Sky, former Ferrari Luigi Mazzola emphasized that from his point of view the Ferrari pit wall is right to let the drivers race freely without giving particular team orders.
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“Ferrari is right not to give orders because any decision would ‘kill’ one of the two drivers – Mazzola’s opinion – also the situation is quite comfortable because Lewis Hamilton is not so much in the fight for the Drivers’ Championship, so it is not necessary to establish a hierarchy within the team”.
