'Can't be unsaid' - Lewis Hamilton radio drama dealt clear verdict

08/05/2025 05:05

Former F1 driver Martin Brundle has noted that Lewis Hamilton's heated radio exchange with Ferrari during the Miami Grand Prix "can't be unsaid".  The seven-time world champion delivered several remarkable radio messages to race engineer Riccardo Adami, initially when not allowed to overtake team-mate Charles Leclerc Hamilton quickly caught Leclerc at the start of his second stint, before not being allowed to pass his team-mate for three laps.  It triggered several frustrated radio messages from Hamilton, who when granted permission to overtake three laps later, no longer had the pace to be ahead of Leclerc. The 105-time race winner was asked about his radio messages after the race and downplayed the severity of them, insisting he was being "sarcastic".  Brundle recognises that the Briton and Ferrari tried to work through the incident after the grand prix, but that nothing will change the radio remarks from having been said in the first place. "Hamilton would start on hard compound tyres and finish on mediums, and Leclerc would do the opposite," Brundle wrote in his Sky F1 column.  "When they met in the middle, Hamilton expected the team to let him through quickly as he rapidly caught his team-mate, but they prevaricated for three laps. "It's probably unfair that some radio calls are broadcast to the world but it's very much part of the F1 show and intrigue.  "Lewis's 'take a tea break' and effectively 'do you want me to let the Williams past as well' comments can't be unsaid, although the team and drivers closed rank after the race to help smooth it over."