Hamilton’s response, as it’s been all year, was to slam the team and demand “serious talks” post-race.

I flagged Hamilton’s attitude toward Ferrari back in September in the aftermath of the Italian GP. Regarding another clash with Leclerc, Hamilton claimed not to be interested in arguing and fighting about the team in public while doing exactly that, claiming that “here there are no rules.”

The problem with Hamilton’s comments all season is that they don’t come off as “I want what’s best for the team.” They sound a lot like “We need to work together as long as working together is to my benefit.” Hamilton doesn’t want a Ferrari 1-2. He wants a Ferrari 1-2 with him as the 1. Leclerc is well within his right to fight for results; he doesn’t have to pull over and accept 2nd just because Hamilton says so.

Hamilton has come into a team with an established no. 1 driver and wants all attention and resources to be shifted to him. That’s not how it works.

Leclerc is also willing to take responsibility for his actions. He acknowledged in Italy that he pushed things too far in the incident with Hamilton. As for Hamilton, he seems flatly uninterested in taking responsibility for anything in his control. In the Singapore GP, where he overruled his team and made a strategy call that ultimately lost him any kind of a good result, his apology seemed very half-hearted and insincere.

At the end of the day, Ferrari has done this to themselves, making a big signing of a driver with a big ego who has historically screwed over his teammates for the sake of his own success. Hamilton did this to himself, moving away from a team that has moved heaven and earth for him and expecting his new bosses to do the same. Truly two entities that deserve each other.

Preach!

Source: jacen.moe