MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How Leclerc and Hamilton’s opposing Miami strategies culminated in fractious Ferrari radio exchanges


Seventh and eighth places for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton respectively represented a very disappointing Miami Grand Prix for Ferrari, both cars finishing around a minute behind Oscar Piastri’s winning McLaren.
The frustration at the lack of competitiveness probably played a part in a sometimes-fractious exchange between the pit wall and the drivers as Leclerc and Hamilton, on opposing tyre strategies, got in each others’ way as they attempted to chase down the sixth-placed Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli.

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