November 24, 2024

Lewis Hamilton moans on Mercedes team radio after Hungarian Grand Prix mayhem

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Lewis Hamilton has been constantly talking on team radio after dropping down outside the points following chaos at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Rain before the start of Sunday’s race had caused a headache for all teams on the grid.

And that lead to chaos after the lights went out as Valtteri Bottas struggled for pace off the line.

He found himself stuck behind Lando Norris heading into the first corner, and was too late on the brakes before crashing into the McLaren driver.

That then led to both Red Bull drivers being hit as Hamilton came away in first with carnage behind him.

The race was immediately red flagged with drivers returning to the pits, but Bottas, Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez were all confirmed as retirements after the first-lap chaos.

McLaren then confirmed that Norris wouldn’t be able to join the restart before the drivers returned to the track.

They were all getting ready for a standing start but it soon became clear the track was drying quickly and all drivers except for Hamilton came into the pits at the restart in bizarre circumstances.

A lap later and Mercedes realised they needed to bring Hamilton in for dry tyres, but that dropped him to the back of the pack.

He was going to be the fastest man on the track, but he was finding it more difficult than he expected to get past the likes of Haas and Alfa Romeo.

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