'I lost it for a moment' - Hamilton rows back on radio rant during Dutch Grand Prix after Mercedes blunder

Lewis Hamilton issued an apology to his Mercedes team at the end of a thrilling Dutch GP after he had delivered a radio rant questioning their strategy. At stages in Sunday's race at the Zandvoort Circuit, Hamilton was challenging for the top step on the podium, but his team's decision to keep him out on medium tyres following a full safety car deployment on lap 57 left him a sitting duck, and he was left to come home in fourth.

Ad In his stead, runaway championship leader Max Verstappen grabbed his 10th win of the season, with Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate George Russell coming in second. Dutch Grand PrixVerstappen takes home victory as Hamilton rages at team for pit-stop call5 HOURS AGO «I can't believe you guys ******* me, I can't tell you how ****** I am,» had been Hamilton's radio message to his team towards the end of the race.

But the Brit had changed his position by the time the post-race interviews began, instead looking to focus on the positives of a day that finally saw Mercedes properly mixing it with Red Bull and Ferrari. Speaking to Sky Sports, Hamilton said: «I really was hopeful that we could get a one-two together as a team, especially as we’ve not had a great year, an up-and-down year, we’ve not had a win since Brazil.

‘Bizarre and frankly upsetting episode’ – Piastri lifts lid on chaotic move from Alpine to McLaren What next for Schumacher with Ferrari set to cut ties for 2023 »So it was finally there within our grasp, but then of course the safety car really didn’t help and I was on the edge of breaking point with emotions. «My apologies to the team because I don’t even remember what I said — I just lost it for a second.