Ferrari Delivers Dressing-Down After Hamilton and Leclerc Throw Away Victory
Fred Vasseur said Ferrari’s drivers owed respect to the team after a Lap 1 clash cost the squad a likely 1-2 finish, officials said.
- On Sunday, Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc squandered a potential 1-2 finish at the Mexican Grand Prix after running off track at Turns 4 and 5 on the opening lap.
- Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur chastised both drivers for a lack of "respect" toward the 2,000 factory employees working "night and day" to provide a competitive SF-26.
- Tensions escalated as Hamilton demanded "serious talks," claiming teammate Leclerc worked "against" him, while the Monegasque driver insisted "both" made a mistake during the chaotic opening sequence.
- Leclerc received a five-second penalty for the Turn 4 incident, while Vasseur confirmed he intends to hold discussions with both drivers regarding their post-race comments.
- With four rounds remaining in the 2026 season, Ferrari must address these internal conflicts to maximize recent performance gains and prevent repeating such costly mistakes.
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It has been revealed that Max Verstappen expressed strong dissatisfaction with the FIA's ruling regarding the penalty imposed on Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) at the 2026 Mexican Grand Prix. In a team radio conversation that was not broadcast on television, he said, "If it were me, I would have done it a long time ago..."
The duel between Ferrari drivers at Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix is still stirring up controversy. "Something has to change," Lewis Hamilton said after his clash with teammate Charles Leclerc, convinced that Ferrari wasted their chance for a double victory because of their clash in the opening lap. Team boss Frederic Vasseur did not hide his dissatisfaction either, warning both teams that they had two thousand employees behind them.
Frederic Vasseur, the director of Ferrari, did not hide his disappointment after Mexico's Grand Prix, the race in which Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished at 2nd place, respectively 4. The Frenchman considered that the duel of the two Scudera pilots, from the first round, compromised the chances of the "Calul cabrat . Ferrari seemed to have all the assets to win in Mexico. ...
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