Steiner understands Hamilton and Leclerc's 'b****ing' over the team radio in Miami

Steiner would not refer to it as "absolute chaos", but many mark what happened in Miami that way. As the two drivers were sitting in P7 and P8 chasing Kimi Antonelli, Hamilton wanted free air on a different strategy, waiting for a response. Afterwards, Ferrari decided to swap the positions back, when Leclerc's hard tyres came alive.

"They were struggling performance-wise. The Williams they didn't beat. That puts pressure on everyone," Steiner said on The Red Flags podcast. 

Steiner then talked about it wouldn't be wise to write Hamilton off because of the season so far. "I hyped it all up. Lewis going to Ferrari. Ferrari was doing very good the second half of last year. They were very close to McLaren."

It was also a more disappointing weekend for Charles Leclerc, who sounded downbeat all weekend long in Miami. When things don't go well, frustration starts, especially at a team of Ferrari's caliber.

As both Ferrari drivers wanted clean air while chasing Antonelli's Mercedes, the Italians made their decisions over laps, something that passes by faster when you are sitting in the car according to Steiner.

"How the drivers behaved between them, that's quite normal. If you are in this position, you try to do something that is isn't there, because the car is not performing, that puts pressure on everyone then. Whatever you do, it' just a spiral, it gets bigger and bigger. Nobody wants to make a decision, you're not where you want to be, the drivers then get frustrated," the former team principal continued.

Steiner therefore understands why both drivers wanted to be ahead.: "It starts; let the other one by, one b****es on the radio 'I'm faster than him'. Yes, sure, you're faster, you're in his DRS. Sometimes you just have to say, let him try to get past, because maybe he is faster, maybe there are different tyres on. But it didn't work. But drivers they are internal rivals, they look after themselves. Lewis thought he was faster, but he wasn't. It's always the same."