Lewis Hamilton Reveals the Truth After Mexico GP Heartbreak!

Lewis Hamilton took pole position in Mexico City on Saturday. A day later he stood in front of the cameras and said Ferrari had thrown away a win it should have had. And then otherwise the race gave it everything. The race was lost the first two corners and it's a shame because if we could easily finish first and second in this race we'd work together as a team. He did not open with an attack. He said he had nothing to add about the scenario with Charles. How to maximise the team result on lap one, and did what Charles did go beyond the bounds of, was it, agreed for the race? We didn't sit down and talk before. It's all fair and well racing against your team-mate. You know, it impacts the people that put all the hard work in on the Tifosi, so, yeah, it wasn't good. Then he explained, step by step, Hamilton said the drivers agreed that anyone who goes off at the start has to give the position back. That agreement is why he expected Charles Leclerc to hand the place back after their moment at turn four. By his account he took a 10-second penalty last year for the same move. This time Leclerc took five points. Hamilton said Ferrari had a car good enough to finish first and second and he said the first lap fight is what lost them the win. During the race he said the stewards were quote basically handing Charles this win. His argument was simple. Leclerc had clean air and should just give the place back. Hamilton said every decision in the car affects the people working behind the scenes. Working as a team, he said, is part of the job and part of the contract. Nine times out of ten, he said, teammates should get this right. He wants serious talks behind closed doors. He admitted it will not be easy, but he said it must be done or it will keep happening. That is one side of the story. Charles Leclerc told a different one. Leclerc said both drivers brake too late into turn four and both missed the corner. No contact he said. In his view it was a mistake on both sides and he argued Hamilton's own driving was on the limit too. He accepted that the penalty was deserved but he still called it racing. He also guessed Hamilton's anger was not really aimed at him. It was aimed, Leclerc suggested, at how the situation was handled and at the penalty. On giving the place back, Leclerc said he did not get clear feedback from Ferrari. He asked the team what to do. Second place, third, the answer was not clear enough so he kept going. His fix is the track. If there had been a wall at the exit of turn four, he said, neither driver would have braked that late. The stewards explained their decision. Both cars entered turn four with excessive speed so neither could have made the corner on track. Leclerc was not entitled to claim it. The baseline penalty is 10 seconds. They gave five because Hamilton was also off track and it happened early on lap one. Quick pause. If this video is helping you get the facts straight hit like, subscribe and turn on the notification bell so the next breakdown reaches you first. Now Ferrari's boss, Vasseur's first reaction was frustration. This weekend Lewis finds the perfect balance between pushing and saving the tyres and it's paying off at the end. Ferrari were 1-2 at turn 4 he said, and with that position, losing was not something anyone had planned for. He said the track layout does not help, but it cannot be an excuse. He said he needs time to digest it and that his frustration is for the 2,000 people working on the project. His word for the real issue was respect. The drivers, he said, are not working for themselves. They are working for a group, for sponsors, for the whole company. On why Leclerc did not give the place back, Vasseur blamed television delay. Roughly five seconds between the video and reality, he said. The rule says the place must be given back before turn 11. By the time the team saw the incident, the window was almost gone. Asked whether both drivers were responsible, Vasseur did not answer directly. He said he wanted to discuss it with them first. This was not the first time. At the Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton ended up in the gravel at the start when Leclerc did not leave him room. The move was within the racing guidelines and Leclerc still apologised afterwards. They also had a frantic fight in China. Mexico adds a third entry to that list. So that is what they said. Now the weekend that built to it. Remember where Hamilton was a year ago? In 2025, he did not finish on a Grand Prix podium for Ferrari. In June this year, he won in Barcelona, his first Ferrari win, his 106th overall, and his first victory in 686 days. Now go back three weeks. At the Singapore Grand Prix, Hamilton chose not to pit under the virtual safety car. It cost him a podium, and he finished sixth. On the radio, he apologised to the team. It was his call. Ferrari had pace that weekend. Hamilton and Leclerc were second and third in the sprint. Then came Austin. Antonelli won. Leclerc finished second and Hamilton was fourth. Two weekends in a row, Ferrari had the speed to fight at the front. Mexico was the chance to turn that speed into a win. Start with Saturday. Hamilton took pole by nine thousandths of a second over George Russell. Nine thousandths. It was his first Grand Prix pole for Ferrari and the team's first pole of the season His 105th pole overall. His last had come at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2023. At 41, he is the oldest pole-sitter since Mario Andretti in 1982. And it was not a given. Leclerc had looked quicker all weekend and held the fastest time going into the final runs, but he struggled to get his tyres ready for his last Q3 attempt, made a mistake on that lap and finished third, a tenth and a bit behind. Verstappen qualified fourth, but he carried a one-place grid penalty for his collision with Liam Lawson in second practice. That dropped him behind Kimi Antonelli. Antonelli started fourth, needing only ninth or better to win the title After the pole, Hamilton said he still loves what he does. 24 hours later, that joy had turned into a demand for serious talks. Sunday lights out. Hamilton gets a good start. Russell loses ground. Into turn four, Leclerc attacks on the outside. Both Ferraris run wide. Leclerc crosses the grass and takes the lead. Hamilton rejoins and loses another place to Verstappen. On lap 13, the stewards hand Leclerc a five-second penalty. He leads by just over three seconds from Verstappen and by a bit more than five over Hamilton. But when Leclerc serves it in the pits, Verstappen takes the net lead. And Ferrari's control of the race is gone. Then lap 44. Valtteri Bottas hits the wall at turn one with a suspension failure. The safety car comes out. Hamilton pits under it. And then the safety car is upgraded to a red flag. Bottas walks away. The restart order is taken from before Hamilton's pit stop, which puts him back in third, ahead of Antonelli. At the restart, Hamilton gets the better of Leclerc and chases Verstappen. Antonelli goes down the inside of Leclerc and moves into the podium places. A late safety car bunches the field after Lindblad and Piastri collide. Verstappen pulls away on the restart and Hamilton cannot get close enough to attack. The final margin was under eight tenths of a second. Max Verstappen wins. Hamilton is second. Antonelli finishes third and becomes the youngest world champion in Formula One history. Leclerc, who led the race early, finishes fourth. Hamilton leaves Mexico third in the championship on 259 points, 121 behind the new champion. Behind them, the results kept changing. Piastri lost his points finish after a 10-second penalty for the collision with Lindblad. Both Alpines were stripped of their points for yellow flag infringements. And Ryo Hirokawa scored on his Formula One debut after stepping in for Esteban Ocon. Mexico was supposed to be the next step. Instead, it exposed a different problem, not speed. Ferrari had that. A pole, two cars at the front and the pace to run one two. The problem was what happened when two drivers chasing the same win met at the same corner with, by Leclerc's account, no clear call from the pit wall. The next race is Brazil on the 8th of November. Hamilton says the conversation must happen. Brazil will show whether it changes anything. So who carries more of the blame for Mexico, Hamilton, Leclerc or the Ferrari pit wall? Tell me in the comments.