After seeing out the F1 2025 campaign with a fourth consecutive Q1 exit in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton admitted to have been left with "just a lot of rage," comments which inevitable caught the media's attention.

Ferrari team principal Fredereic Vasseur reacted to the seven-time world champion's comments understanding that they came from theconsequential sensations after yet another poor result

"I don't pay attention to the reaction in the TV pen, honestly," Vasseur told GPblog, "Or the reaction that sometimes they have on the microphone, in the car, on the radio.

However, the Frenchman then highlighted Hamilton's action-taking attitude to setbacks, clarifying that emotional comments in the heat of the moment are not always a negative dynamic.

"Honestly, the most important for me is to have a guy coming back to us and pushing the team to do a better job and to work all together to try to get better results," Vasseur added.

He then made a particular reference to Leclerc, who's crafted a reputation for himself of being ardently passionate in his criticism of his own performance, as well as the team's.

"All of you know perfectly, Charles [there] is always a bit of criticism with himself first and with the team and with everybody," the Frenchman added. "But it's always with a positive dynamic. I know Charles for 15 years, 16 years, and he was always like this.

"I accept this perfectly, and the most important for me is that they keep the same approach into the debriefing to try to get a better car, a better team, a better everything. I think that's really important," Vasseur concluded.

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