“I’ve already done half the lap mate, and you’re only telling me now?”: Lewis Hamilton rages at his race engineer after the F1 Brazilian GP Sprint

Lewis Hamilton was seen raging at his race engineer Riccardo Adami during the Brazilian Grand Prix Sprint after being instructed to pick up tire marbles on his lap. The 40-year-old replied in frustration, saying that he had already completed half the lap when the message was relayed to him.

After a horrible Friday at the Brazilian GP, which left him in P11 for the Sprint, Hamilton made a decent comeback during the shortened race on Saturday, finishing in P7 and scoring a few points. While the session was decent for the Ferrari driver, he will hope for a much better performance in the main race.

Even after his P7 finish at Interlagos on Saturday, Hamilton did not seem too happy on the team radio afterwards. One specific incident highlighted his frustrations when he was asked to pick up the rubber on his in-lap.

Hamilton's race engineer, Riccardo Adami, asked Hamilton to pick up some tire marbles after the race had ended. However, the driver was already making his way through Turn 8 on the circuit by the time he was given this instruction.

Sharing his frustration, Hamilton replied to Adami, saying:

"I've already done half the lap mate, and you're only telling me now?"

After Hamilton parked his car in the pit lane, Adami came over the team radio again to congratulate the driver on a good drive. But the 7x world champion gave no reply to the message and soon jumped out of the car.

Hamilton made a great start to the Sprint, making up a few positions in the first sequence of corners. He was also in contention for a potential P6 finish and was catching Fernando Alonso rapidly, but yellow flags in the final sector on the final lap of the race meant he was unable to make a move on the Spaniard.

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Lewis Hamilton reflects on Brazilian GP Sprint performance

Lewis Hamilton after the Brazilian GP Sprint - Source: Getty

Lewis Hamilton reflected on his outing during the Brazilian GP Sprint on Saturday, claiming that he enjoyed the race amid tricky conditions. The driver also explained that he had a good pace but was unable to make much progress due to the early-race red flag, which neutralized the whole pack.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the session on Saturday, Hamilton expressed his feelings about the 24-lap race.

"I enjoyed the race. It was tricky conditions. I moved forwards, had a really good start. Then after that, the red flag kind of neutralized it because I think I had pretty decent pace up until then. Everyone got fresh tyres. It was just really difficult to overtake," said Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton then added that there were still a few inherent issues with the Ferrari SF-25, namely with balance and top speed. He then concluded by saying he hoped to help resolve those issues ahead of qualifying later in the day.

Edited by Hitesh Nigam