Furious Lewis Hamilton launches astonishing tirade over Ferrari’s radio as he blasts his team’s decision-making in Miami: ‘Have a tea break while you’re at it!’

Lewis Hamilton hit out at Ferrari’s decision making during a furious tirade on the team radio at the Miami Grand Prix.

Hamilton was angry after Ferrari made a controversial decision during the race.

Team-mate Charles Leclerc was in seventh place, with an increasingly impatient Hamilton just behind him in eighth.

Hamilton stated: ‘You want me to just sit here the whole race?’ with the engineer replying ‘I’ll come back to you’.

He then added: ‘In China I got out of the way when you were on a different strategy’, before saying ‘Ah! Have a tea break while you’re at it! Come on.’

Hamilton then crticised Leclerc as he said: ‘This is not good team work. That’s all I’m going to say.’ 

Hamilton was unhappy with Ferrarri’s approach during the Miami Grand Prix

Although team-mate Charles Leclerc was just ahead of him, Hamilton couldn’t overtake him

After being informed that Carlos Sainz was 1.4 seconds behind him, Hamilton sarcastically stated: ‘You want me to let him past as well?’.

Hamilton finished the race in eighth place as his frustrating start at Ferrari continued.

The highest finish that Hamilton has secured so far this campaign was fifth place in Bahrain.

Oscar Piastri won the race in Miami, with Lando Norris finishing second and George Russell in third.

After the race Hamilton offered a more positive response, saying that he ‘really enjoyed the race’, as reported by Sky Sports.

However, he acknowledged that Ferrari are ‘not where we want to be’. 

He said: ‘I always knew it was going to be difficult today starting from 12th. We’re not where we want to be. We’re lacking a lot of pace, we’ve lost some performance over the past races. We know where it is and we’re just waiting for a fix to regain some of it. 

‘For us to be at the back of the top ten is definitely not easy for the whole team. Once I got onto the medium tyre I was feeling really optimistic. The car was really coming alive and I was really thinking I had potential to catch the guys, I was hoping we had a safety car but that never came.’

Hamilton explained his frustration with Ferrari’s approach during the Miami Grand Prix

Reflecting on his comments on the team radio, Hamilton attempted to explain the situation.

He said: ‘I lost a lot of time behind Charles and in that moment I was like ‘Come on, let’s make a concise decision real quick, let’s not waste time. I’m sure people didn’t like certain comments but you’ve got to understand it’s frustrating. People say way worse things than I say. 

‘It was more sarcastic than anything. I’m not frustrated now. We’ll work internally, we have discussions and we’ll keep pushing.’