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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards at Zandvoort

Frustrated Lewis Hamilton claims Ferrari strategy cost him F1 Dutch GP podium

Lewis Hamilton in racing gear, wearing headphones
Fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have improved his finishing position if Ferrari had been more decisive. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock

Lewis Hamilton has told his Ferrari team that they must up their game if he is to remain in the Formula One world championship fight after the British driver was angry with strategy calls at the Dutch Grand Prix, comparing them unfavourably with the decisive way his former team ­Mercedes had acted.

The race was won by McLaren’s Lando Norris from Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Hamilton was fourth but believed he might have had a shot of a podium had Ferrari moved Charles Leclerc aside sooner when Hamilton, on a different tyre strategy, was quicker than his teammate.

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