Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him in a “difficult position” while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had spent the race ahead of Russell until a Safety Car allowed the Mercedes newcomer to have a pit stop with a smaller time loss to the rest.
That quick stop elevated Russell ahead of Hamilton, which soon became a podium finish when Max Verstappen’s Red Bull hit car trouble.
In the closing stages of the Melbourne race, as he was running just over a second behind the other Mercedes, a curious radio message was broadcast from Hamilton on the TV coverage.
Hamilton, who finished fourth, said: “You guys have really put me in a difficult position”.
F1 driver radio messages are often broadcast out of sync with when they happened and sometimes lack the context of the rest of the conversation. This one was not accompanied by any of the preceding conversations Hamilton had with the Mercedes pit wall.
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