Formula 1 fans have blasted Ferrari after Lewis Hamilton's latest team radio exchange emerged during qualifying of the British Grand Prix.
On Saturday, qualifying took place at Silverstone ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix race.
The likes of Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were among the favourites to grab the all-important pole position.
However, as the first qualifying session came to a close, there were nervy moments for Hamilton as he was told that he could not set another time.
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As a result, the seven-time world champion ended up sneaking through to Q2 in 14th place, just two places above the cut off.
Taking to his team radio, Hamilton asked: "Are we at risk? Can I go again or not?"
His race engineer, Riccardo Adami, replied: "Negative. Need to box," to which Hamilton said: "There’s still time. Why? Why would I?"
Adami then added: "Got no fuel."
A seemingly stunned Hamilton responded: "Oh. Why would you— ok.."
Taking to social media, one fan said: "Hamilton HAS to leave Ferrari. They don’t respect him and his knowledge as a driver. He’s never gonna win anything until he leaves them."
Another tweeted: "I’m not saying that I’d be surprised, but there’s absolutely precedent for Hamilton deciding to leave Ferrari after this season. Just stupid decision after stupid decision. I wouldn’t blame Hamilton at all."
A third fan added: "I swear never seen a team so amateur like this."
Someone else wrote: "WHAT IS FERRARI DOING."
A fifth commented: "Highest paid strategiests but doing amateur stuff."
During Q2, Ferrari continued to struggle in the early parts of the session, which led to Martin Brundle raising a concerning question.
He said on Sky Sports F1: "Where has Ferrari's pace gone that we saw? It was literally plug and play before."
However, Hamilton produced when it mattered most as he managed to get through into Q3 by setting the quickest lap time of the session.
Topics: Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1, Ferrari, Fan Reactions
Marcus Chan