Lewis Hamilton loved his greatest outing in a Ferrari uniform since becoming a member of the Italian outfit at the beginning of the yr, in entrance of his dwelling followers at Sunday’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Whereas his arch-rival Max Verstappen claimed victory, the Briton stole the highlight and was named Driver of the Day.
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The previous Mercedes driver began twelfth after a poor qualifying on Saturday.
However, with an excellent mixture of race tempo and technique calls by the Ferrari think-tank, he was in a position to climb his means as much as 4th place within the race.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t with out controversy.
Lewis Hamilton through the F1 Chinese language Grand Prix at Shanghai Worldwide Circuit.Go Nakamura/Reuters through Imagn Photos
On lap thirtieth, Esteban Ocon stopped his automobile on the facet of the observe. This led to the deployment of the Digital Security Automobile (VSC) by the stewards in Imola.
The race marshals first tried to take away the Haas driver’s automobile by way of a restoration automobile. However when it failed, the marshals immediately moved the automobile off the observe. This annoyed Hamilton, who voiced his frustrations over the radio for apparently losing laps.
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His followers shared the identical sentiment, who additionally felt the Briton might have challenged McLaren’s Oscar Piastri for third place if the race had just a few extra laps left. They took to social media to vent their anger on the FIA.
One consumer commented, “Deliberate waste of time with security automobile.”
One other consumer stated, “If the protection automobile didn’t accomplish that many ineffective laps, LH44 would have in all probability completed third.” Whereas a 3rd one added, “Telling Lewis Hamilton to not query security automobile protocol is a joke.”
The FIA’s tryst with Hamilton by no means ceases to supply drama.
