After an awkward Ferrari question, Lewis Hamilton lashes out at the reporter.

Following the Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was not in the best of moods, becoming irritable with a reporter when the subject of Ferrari was up.

After qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, Hamilton was bursting with excitement. He talked about how a breakthrough had been made that would help him and Mercedes figure out where to take the troubled W15. However, Hamilton’s mood had changed after just one day.

Ferrari queries Lewis Hamilton’s final straw

Hamilton began the Suzuka race in position P7 and ended up in P9. At one point, he even willingly allowed teammate George Russell pass, who finished less than three seconds ahead of him in position P7.

As the media discovered while attempting to coax a statement out of Hamilton after the race, there was definitely not a pleased Hamilton this time around.

Following a brief evaluation of his performance, a reporter attempted to bring up Hamilton’s impending 2025 transfer to Ferrari, a move that did not sit well with the driver. Actually, it made Hamilton leave, but not before making a statement.

“Are you looking forward to being with them [Ferrari]?” the reporter inquired. since they move more quickly? Hamilton answered, “Do you have any better questions?” to that.

The reporter will likely never get the answer because Hamilton did not stay, but it is obvious that the seven-time world champion was not in the mood to think about the race.

After the race, Mercedes attempted to use a one-stop strategy with Hamilton; but, after being overtaken by Lando Norris, Sergio Perez, and Carlos Sainz in fast succession, he requested that Mercedes “change the strategy.”

In the end, it was a two-stop, but Hamilton didn’t think strategy could have prevented him and Mercedes from having a difficult workday in any case.

He answered Sky F1, who managed to pull some words out of him, “Nothing, I don’t think,” when they asked what more could have been gained by switching up the strategy.

We still had two really awful hard tires to run through, so I’m not sure what the alternative plan would have been or if staying on the medium at the restart made sense. a true difficulty in the present.

“I believe that early on with Charles [Leclerc], I sustained some external damage.” During my first stint, I was unable to maneuver the car through the turns due to severe understeering.

In conclusion, Hamilton acknowledged that Sunday’s W15 conditions at Suzuka were “pretty bad.”