Lewis Hamilton called for more clarity in Ferrari’s internal battles after the incident with Charles Leclerc at the Italian Grand Prix in Formula 1. The Briton advocated for the creation of ‘rules of engagement’ similar to those that existed at Mercedes.
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Hamilton was pushed into the runoff area on the first lap after a battle with Leclerc at turn 1 and lost some positions. The seven-time world champion finished the race in sixth place, while Leclerc retired after a heavy crash on the second lap, in a weekend in which Hamilton also criticized the strategy adopted by Ferrari.
After the race, Hamilton rejected the idea that he could contribute to a conflict with his teammate: “I don’t race dirty. I have always raced cleanly and fairly and always left space,” he said. The Briton also highlighted that he has sought to respect the team’s limits since his arrival at Ferrari and avoided directly blaming Leclerc.
Hamilton, however, indicated that decisions about driver behavior need to be discussed internally: “You need to talk to Fred (Vasseur, Ferrari boss) about the other side and about the decisions that are made. But I will continue to push and try to get more from the team, from my car, from the engineers, from the project and everything else,” he added.
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Subsequently, the seven-time champion made a direct comparison with his time at Mercedes, when he shared the team with Nico Rosberg during an intense title battle: “It comes down to rules of engagement. When I was at Mercedes, we had written rules of engagement,” Hamilton commented.
According to him, these guidelines helped avoid problems between drivers, while at Ferrari ‘there are no rules,’ a situation he considers needs to be corrected.
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