Charles Leclerc makes true Lewis Hamilton feelings known after Ferrari implode at Miami GP

insisted that he has 'no bad feelings' towards after were engulfed in chaos during the latter stages of the Miami Grand Prix. The Italian constructor agitated both of their drivers with moments of indecisive in-race management. Hamilton was running right behind Leclerc on medium compound tyres with his team-mate on hards, while Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli was just over five seconds up the road from the Ferrari duo.

The seven-time world champion requested a swap to allow him to hunt down the Italian teenager, but became agitated by slow decision-making on the pit wall. By the time Ferrari executed a switch, Hamilton's tyres had started to overheat, and while he made inroads on Antonelli's advantage, he failed to do so at the required rate to make a pass before the chequered flag. This forced Ferrari to swap the cars once again, restoring Leclerc to P7.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 about the incident, Leclerc said: "It is a difficult situation. I unfortunately will go for the boring answer, and I'm not going to comment too much here. It's obvious today was not the way we want to manage a race.

"We will discuss internally in order to make better decisions. There is no bad feelings for Lewis - absolutely not. It's just that as a team, we need to do better, and today was proof of that. For the rest, I don't want to speak more into the details."

Offering his view of the drama, Hamilton said: "I lost a lot of time behind Charles, and in that moment for sure I was like 'Come on, let's make a decision real quick - let's not waste time'.

"And I'm sure people didn't like certain comments, but you've got to understand that it's frustrating. People say way worse things than I say, so it was more sarcastic than anything. I'm not frustrated now. We'll work internally, we'll have discussions, and we'll keep pushing."

While on-track frustrations will give team principal Fred Vasseur some headaches ahead of Ferrari's home race in Imola in two weeks, the bigger problem for the Italian constructor is the lack of pace in the SF-25.

The legendary Maranello-based squad were embroiled in a scrap with Williams throughout the Miami GP and are sat fourth in the Constructors' Championship standings, with McLaren already over 150 points ahead of them at the summit.