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

07:45, 06 Apr 2025

byNorberto Mujica

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	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	51
2	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	47
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	34
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	33
5	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	15
7	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	9
8	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	8
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	8
10	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
11	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
12	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	3
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
15	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	0
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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

byNorberto Mujica

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