Former Components 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has had his say on the latest intra-team rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
The Ferrari drivers went toe-to-toe within the opening lap of the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix two weeks in the past, with Leclerc wrestling the lead off Hamilton, who had began on pole place.
Left audibly offended each out and in of the automotive, Hamilton made a flurry of claims about Leclerc’s mentality and unwillingness to play a staff sport.
And with Staff Principal Fred Vasseur additionally publicly irked by the incident, the 2 drivers held talks on the following week in Sao Paulo.
The rivalry seems to now be behind Hamilton and Leclerc, the seven-time World Champion claiming he and the Monegasque had “squashed” the matter.
Nevertheless it hasn’t prevented extra opinions being aired on the periphery, and former Jordan and Williams driver Schumacher, talking on Sky Sports activities Germany, made his very clear.
“The issue is that he [Hamilton] is solely not quick sufficient in comparison with Leclerc,” he mentioned.
“If he have been clearly higher than his teammate, like my brother [Michael] was again then, this dialogue wouldn’t even exist – he’s the one inflicting it.
“[Hamilton must] at all times be certain that he’s forward, and be a second or half a second quicker than Leclerc. Win each race or at the very least end forward of him – it’s that straightforward [for him].”
Schumacher continued: “What I’ve an issue with is the drama that adopted,” he mentioned.
“You don’t demand a penalty in your teammate over the radio, then to talk like Al Capone and threaten that ‘now we have large, large issues’—from my perspective, the canine is strolling the proprietor.”
With simply three rounds to go, Hamilton and Leclerc should work collectively to try to stifle any probabilities of Crimson Bull and McLaren taking second place off the Scuderia within the Constructors’ Championship.
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