Lewis Hamilton asks "where the f**k" is my team" as they're missing during his podium celebration

Lewis Hamilton was left confused by the whereabouts of his Mercedes team, after finishing second to Max Verstappen in Australia.

It had not been a good start to the season for Hamilton and Mercedes, with the seven time drivers' world champion complaining about the team after just one race.

Their car is clearly leagues behind Red Bull, whilst Aston Martin have looked to have been ahead of the former eight time in-a-row constructors winners.

Hamilton even admitted that his struggles had left him considering whether he would quit or not, but he's still clearly got plenty of fight in him.

On Sunday, he finished second in the Australian Grand Prix, in Melbourne, easily the best he could hope for right now, considering the pace of their rivals.

However, as you can see in the video below, when he got out of the car to celebrate the result, fist bumping surfing star Kelly Slater, he realised his team weren't there, asking "where the f**k" are they whilst looking around, as you can see below.

"Where is everybody? Where the f*** is my team?" the British driver asks the people around him, not being able to spot his own teammates.

He's told that, rather than waiting for him to celebrate his latest podium finish, and first of the season, they are still in the team garage.

Clearly the 38-year-old wasn't too impressed, telling F1 TV, "I don't know what it means to the team because I haven't seen anybody, if I'm honest.

"But for me, this is an incredible result for us. We came here thinking – the car was the same – so we were thinking it's going to struggle for a few races until we can find some sort of upgrade to bring later on down the line, and that could be five races away.

"But for us to qualify on the front two rows and then be in the mix, both racing for first and second, oh my god, it was really super exciting and really unfortunate for George because he was doing such a great job."

Hamilton was happy with his weekend. Image: Alamy

Hamilton, and teammate George Russell, surprised everyone by finishing Saturday's qualifying in third and second, respectively, behind Verstappen.

The two 'Merc' drivers got past their rival at the start, with the current world drivers' champion unimpressed by the aggressive tactics of Hamilton.

Russell's race was ruined by the first red flag coming just after he took a pit stop, putting him in eighth place, and later his engine gave in and he had to retire.

That meant he missed the farcical scenes at the end of the race, with two later red flags, with the Grand Prix ending behind a safety car.