Lewis Hamilton’s comments on Mercedes’ strategy were a “little risky”, according to former world champion Damon Hill. Hamilton appeared to take a swipe at the Silver Arrows on team radio during the latter stages of the race.
Speaking to race engineer Peter Bonnington, he said the team had “put me in a really difficult position”. It was initially believed Hamilton was referring to losing track position to team-mate George Russell during a safety car period.
But, Hamilton later clarified this was because of engine overheating. Yesterday, the Briton attacked his Mercedes car, warning he was not enjoying driving it.
However, Damon Hill warned taking a hit at Mercedes was not a good idea.
He said: “Lewis expressing displeasure with his team’s performance is perhaps a little risky. They will be delighted with George’s podium. Just sayin.”
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He said: “I couldn’t fight for third because the engine was overheating so I had to back off. I just had to sit behind but as I said we bagged as many points as we could as a team and that’s great.
“To get ourselves fifth and sixth in qualifying, to have progressed like we have and to have reliability, we definitely didn’t expect to have a third and fourth. George did a great job today. I got to see some of the battle with him racing Perez and I wish I could have been in it.
“But nonetheless we will take these points and keep pushing.”
