Uncovered: Hamilton pressed for action on 'all the cars that cheated'

At the start of the Mexico City Grand Prix, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, among several others, went off track, failing to navigate the risky Turn 1 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez successfully.

Verstappen rejoined the track ahead of Hamilton, but quickly gave up the place to avoid a potential penalty, but Leclerc having come back onto the circuit in P1 ahead of Norris, only handed the lead back to the McLaren driver, slotting in P2 ahead of Hamilton.

This detonated a series of messages where Hamilton insisted Ferrari pushed the FIA Stewards to take action, beliving he should've been ahead of his teammate.

Hamilton: "I was ahead of Charles."

Adami: "Understood."

Hamilton: "I’ve lost a part of my front wing as well."

Adami: "Understood, taking a look. Okay, stay out."

Hamilton: "Max took a shortcut. Loads of people gained advantage."

Adami: "Verstappen 0.7 behind. Go into the lift-and-coast. All good, taking a look."

Hamilton: "What are they doing about the cars?"

Adami: "Slippery track turn two."

Hamilton: "What are they doing about people taking advantage at turn one?"

Adami: "The incident is noted, they are checking it."

Adami: "Verstappen point seven behind."

Hamilton: "Charles…"

Following his lap 6 battle with Verstappen which lasted from Turn 1 all the way to Turn 4, with both drivers pushing each other wide at the first two corners, and ended with Hamilton locking up and going straight on at the fourth corner, and rejoining the track ahead of Verstappen.

Hamilton: "I got pushed wide [at Turn 1].

Adami: "Copy that."

Adami: "Need mode TS now, mode TS. Car behind is 2.2"

Hamilton: "I got hit [by Verstappen] at Turn one, pushed wide."

Adami: "Copy that."

Hamilton: "What are they doing about people who took advantage turn one?"

Adami: "Nothing yet. Let’s focus on our race, keep the tractions metrics low. Turn nine is good, what you’re doing."

Hamilton: "[Inaudible] Turn one."

Ironically it would be Hamilton who would received a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining and advantage, a decision Hamilton was not in the least bit satisifed with.

Adami: "We have 10 seconds penalty for the incident turn four with Verstappen. We don’t agree, but let’s keep the head down."

Hamilton: "That's such **** man. The grip is so small there, the grip there is so low."

Adami: "We know, Lewis.

Hamilton: "These guys are unbelievable, mate."

Adami: "Copy that. Gap to Bearman behind four seconds, then do our plan B."

Hamilton: "What about all the other cars that cheated?"

Adami: "Increase 50 metre lift and coast."

Adami: "Launch map five. Out-lap normal. Racing Hulkenberg behind, keep your lift-and-coast."

Hamilton: "Has anyone else had a penalty?"

Adami: "Not at the moment."

Adami: "Increase the lift-and-coast into 12 for brakes."

Hamilton: "That’s ridiculous, mate."

Hamilton: "10 second stop-and-go is insane."

Adami: "And keep up the lift and coast for brakes."

Hamilton criticised the Stewards after receiving athe aforementioned ten-second stop-and-go penalty at the Mexico City Grand Prix, which dropped him to P8 and cost him a potential podium with Ferrari, branding the decision as "pretty nuts."

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