Hill criticises 'not disciplined drivers' on the radio: 'Psychologically revealing?'

07:45, 06 Apr 2025

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During the Japanese Grand Prix, F1 world champion, Damon Hill took to X to criticise 'undisciplined drivers' and their messages on the radio, claiming their anger to be 'psychologically revealing'.

In the early stages of the race, Alexander Albon reached out to his team on the onboard radio. The Williams driver was apparently having issues with the gearshifts.

"These shifts are so bad. What have we done to them? It's been **** at the start. It's being **** now!"

When asked for specifity the Thai simply said: "Yeah, the same! The same I've been talking about all the time!"

Verstappen had the same issues but was much calmer despite having a win potentially at stake due to issues with upshifts.

Damon Hills slams undisciplined drivers

Damon Hill

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Interesting how different radio coms are between teams and drivers. Some, not very disciplined. What is the point of getting angry? Very revealing psychologically. #f1

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Hill criticises 'not disciplined drivers' on the radio: 'Psychologically revealing?'

Damon Hills slams undisciplined drivers

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