Unaired Lewis Hamilton radio message shows his frustration at Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton was left at a loss for words during an unheard radio exchange with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami at the Miami Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion had a tough weekend at the Formula 1 event, finishing eighth. He managed to get over his disappointment by attending the Met Gala in New York on Monday.

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Yet he couldn't advance further, resulting in their positions being reversed prior to the final flag. During lap 26, his puzzlement over his slowed speed was apparent in a radio discussion with Adami that wasn’t broadcast by Sky Sports. Hamilton queried: "How is this pace? I can't really go any quicker.

" Adami sought to uplift him by mentioning he was outrunning Leclerc: "Now it's 32.6, and Charles 32.7.

" Still discontented, Hamilton retorted: "My tyres are pretty poor. In general, a little bit of understeer here, but I don't know what to say." In a later exchange marked by sarcasm, Hamilton quipped to Adami and colleagues to "take a tea break" while Ferrari weighed the option of switching him with Leclerc.

Unwilling to retract his sharp comments, he clarified they stemmed from his intense ambition to be vying for top positions. "I've still got my fire in my belly, I could feel a bit of it really coming up there," said Hamilton. "I'm not going to apologise for being a fighter.

I'm not going to apologize for still wanting it. I know everyone in the team does, too. "I didn't think the decision came quick enough.

And for sure, in that time you're like: 'Come on!', but that's really kind of it. I have no problems with the team or with Charles. I think we could do better, but the car is not where we really need to be.

Ultimately, we're fighting for seventh and eighth." Hamilton also downplayed any drama regarding his radio communications, recounting how Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur visited him post-race. "Fred came to my room," he recalled.

"I just put my hand on his shoulder and said, 'Dude, calm down. Don't be so sensitive.' I could have said way worse things on the radio.

"You hear some of the things other people have said in the past. Some of it was sarcasm. You've got to understand, we're under a huge amount of pressure.

You're never going to get the most peaceful messages come through in the heat of the battle.".