Ferrari addresses Lewis Hamilton's Dutch GP team radio fury

With a four-lap fresher tyre offset on Leclerc, Hamilton was lapping much quicker than the Monegasque on Lap 42, pleading with his team to let him through for what was then second place. Upon Leclerc's delay in pitting, Hamilton sarcastically remarked on the radio: "Great way of wasting time guys, good job."

Later, Hamilton was in the lead of the race, but yet to pit for fresher tyres with eventual winner Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli in quick pursuit, questioning strategy on the radio: "Are you using me as a guinea pig or what? What's going on? How long will you have me stay out?"

Having been overtaken, Hamilton then had a stroke of luck thanks to a Lap 55 Virtural Safety Car, which helped him emerge ahead of his teammate after stopping, and he eventually secured P4 - but will nevertheless feel like some points were thrown away in his bid to catch Antonelli in the Drivers' standings. Hamilton is now 59 points behind the Italian, equal with former Mercedes teammate Russell, who finished P3.

Addressing Hamilton's radio fury before the Lap 55 VSC, Vasseur explained to media, including GPblog: "We didn't want to tell him the strategy at this stage because we didn't want to disclose it to the competitors. Because we wanted to keep him on track until the end but he was able to keep Antonelli behind him and I think it would have been the right call."

Addressing the earlier drama with Leclerc, Vasseur said: "Charles was supposed to pit, we extended one lap and it was a kind of confusion but I'm not worried about this. Everybody will be back in the briefing, they will have a clear picture about the race."

The 58-year-old also highlighted a more general confusion over race strategy, with pace margins between the three compounds seemingly slim. "Charles was also a bit frustrated at one stage about the compound, but I think everybody was a bit lost about the compound," Vasseur said.