Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has called out Lewis Hamilton after the Miami G♉rand Prix, saying his comments on the team radio could “strain” his relationship with Ferrari.

Hamilton was heard making several jibes during a difficult race for Ferrari, most infamously telling his race engineer to 168澳洲幸运5官方开𝔍奖结果历史:“have a tea break while you’🐼re at it” while the team discussed swapping positions between him and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

The two Ferrari drivers were running on different tyre strategies in the ra🌺ce and the Briton asked the team to impose team ord🔴ers when he was on the faster medium rubber.

Leclerc did let Hamilton through afte🐠r being instructed to do so by the team, but by then the 40-year-old’s tyres were well past their prime, forcing Ferrari to swap them again.

Leclerc eventually wound up seventh in the lead SF-25, while Hamilton crossed the finish line in eighth after a last-lap battle with Williams driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.

Following the race, much of the focus was on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Hamilton’s comments, which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:received a mixed rea🦩ct🔯ion from fans and pundits alike.

Lewis Hamilton criticised for Ferrari radio rant

Six-time grand prix winner Schumacher believes Hamilton “could have acted a bit more cleverly” in that situation given h🐲is vast experience in F1.

“That was somehow wrong,” he told Sky Germany. “If you really want to overtake, that's one thing; he was als💝o faster at the time. ‘But then I give it back without a fight.♚ And afterwards I won't act as if I meant it sarcastically. Instead I'll just say that I'm sorry.’

“That reall♌y shouldn't have happened with his exp👍erience and his age. He could have acted a bit more cleverly. I think that would have suited him better.”

Hamilton has made a difficult start to life at Ferrari, with results proving hard to come in a car that has not been a match to McLaren, Red Bull and even Mercedes in most races so far.

After the opening seven ro🐲unds of the season, Hamilton sits seventh in the champions🎐hip on 41 points, two places and 11 points off Leclerc.

In a staunch remake, Schumacher criticised the seven-champion for his choic𓆏e of words at a team when his performance has been below expect🍃ations.

"The people at Ferrari have gotten to know Hamilton✨ a bit internaꦕlly now,” he said. “Such actions naturally strain the relationship. This will stick, and he has to recognise that himself.

“There's a need for clarification now; it will definitely be 𒊎discussed – especially internally – about how to deal with this in the future.

“His strong words on the radio, his demands, don't really⛦ match his performance at the moment. And it doesn't matter how many times he's been world champion. He was closer to Leclerc now, but I think he should also keep his approach a bit more relaxed at the moment.”

Schumacher believes the team radio saga that embroiled Ferrari in Miami stemmed from the team’s competitive struggles in♑ F1.

"Leclerc was also very frustrated in Miami,” he explained. “I expect the pressure to be very high there as well. In Imola and Italy, the Ferrari is somehow always a bit fasterඣ than anywhere else. Ferrari is also coming with an update there, and it has to work. Team boss Fred Vasseur is already under a lot of pressure."