The FIA Can’t Just Look The Other Way! Lewis Hamilton Fires A Warning After His Tense Showdown With Max Verstappen — And One Unheard Radio Remark Has Thrown The Spotlight On A Much Bigger Controversy! Lewis Hamilton Is Demanding Action From Formula 1’s Governing Body After A Heated Exchange With Max Verstappen, Making It Clear That This Latest Clash Is Not Something He Intends To Brush Aside. The Seven-Time World Champion Has Taken His Concerns Straight To The Fia, Putting The Spotlight Firmly On How The Incident Was Handled. But The Most Revealing Detail May Be What Fans Never Heard At The Time. A Previously Unheard Radio Remark Has Now Surfaced, Adding Another Layer Of Tension To An Already Explosive Confrontation Between Two Of F1’s Fiercest Rivals. Hamilton Has Made His Demand. Verstappen Is At The Centre Of The Storm. And That Radio Message Could Change The Way This Whole Incident Is Remembered.

Lewis Hamilton endured a frustrating Mexico Grand Prix but unheard conversations have emerged calling for change.

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has called for the FIA to intervene after complaints surrounding ‘clipping’. Hamilton endured an incident-packed Mexican Grand Prix, having seen tensions with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc heighten after the pair were embroiled in a first-lap collision in Mexico City.

Untelevised team radio conversations have been released, revealing the 41-year-old’s frustrations with clipping during Sunday’s race. Hamilton started on pole in the North American capital before the clash with Leclerc saw him lose ground to Max Verstappen. He eventually managed to make up ground to compete with the Dutchman, but couldn’t inspire a turnaround as his rival took the glory. The clipping problem, which diminishes the prospect of overtaking, forced the Brit to discuss the possibility of a complaint to the racing organisation.

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Hamilton was left questioning how they could overcome the perilous task of overtaking Verstappen in a conversation with race engineer Carlo Santi. Santi said: “You have overtake and boost on the main straight.”

Hamilton replied: “How am I supposed to overtake the Red Bull engine?” And the topic of clipping continued into the cooldown room ahead of the podium ceremony, where Verstappen got his hands on the silverware for his 74th race win.

The Brit said: “You guys have just got too much power on the straights as well. Frickin’ heck… It’s so stupid, the clipping they have.” Verstappen said during the exchange: “I mean, I needed it with your cornering… Yeah, that’s true. It really kills the overtaking into Turn 1.”

During his post-race press conference, Hamilton made a demand to racing figures, he said: “We had let Max past and the race was done from there. You can’t overtake here. I think it’s something the FIA need to do and it’s just quite bad.

“I’m sure these guys [Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli] would agree. We have this clip at the end of the straight where you can’t go past a certain speed, so everyone just follows.

“It’s the silliest thing when you are behind and you have a little bit more power in the slipstream. You should be able to go past that to have a chance to overtake. The engine can go faster. It’s just they have these silly clips.

“It’s the worst engine profile setting that I think they’ve probably ever had in this sport and it doesn’t provide great racing, so today you probably didn’t see much overtaking, unfortunately, because of that. Obviously, the starts were fun, but it’s a very hard track to follow with the thin air and low downforce.

“I gave it everything to try and get close to Max, but maybe they needed… I don’t know if they need to change the last corner because it’s so quick. I don’t know. There could be a change to the track, maybe, to enable us to have a little bit better racing. But everyone having this [clipping] this year just diminishes any opportunity of that.”