Lewis Hamilton Has Apologized to Ferrari Teammate Charles Leclerc After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Forty-Year-old Brit Finished Just Ahead of Leclerc in Eighth Place. But that order should actual have leg reversed, it turned out afterwards.
Hamilton was Allowed to Pass Leclerc in the Final Phase of the Race because he had Just Changed His Tires. This Allowed Hamilton to Pursue His Compatriot Lando Norris.
He didnn’t catch norris and was ordered to let leclerc pass in the final lap. But Hamilton Reacted Too Late and Unintentionally Crossed the Line Slightly Earlier.
Afterwards he barented. “I did Brake, but he was still four tenths of a second behind. That was a misjudement on my part. I will apologize to Charles,” he is quoted as saying by news agency reuters .
Leclerc himself did not take the incident too seriously. “I would’s have bone much Happier with Eighth Place Anyway,” The Monegasque Said. “We make agreements about what we because to do we want to change positions. That didnn’t happen now and that’s okay.”
Ferrari Mainly Regrets Qualifying
For ferrari, it was a formula 1 weekend to quickly forget anyway. It already Went Wrong Wrong in Qualifying, in which Leclerc Crashed and Hamilton Stranded in Q2.
“That’s what we regret the most,” Team Boss Fred Vasseur Reacted via Ferrari’s Official Channels. “We had the speed to performance, but we already cool the weekend away then.”
Leclerc and Seven-Time World Champion Hamilton Are Fifth and Sixth in the Standings, With 165 and 121 Points. Their Gap to Number Three Max Verstappen is 90 and 134 Points Respectively. Leader Oscar Piastri Has Completely Disappeared from View.
Furthermore, Ferrari Has Not won a racing this year. Carlos Sainz, now Racing for Williams-Mercedes, Gave the Italian Team Its Last Victory in the Mexico City Grand Prix in October 2024.