Fred Vasseur Responds to Lewis Hamilton Facing Radio Silence at Monaco GP

Fred Vasseur reveals the real reason behind Ferrari's deafening silence to Lewis Hamilton on the radio at the Monaco GP.

Fred Vasseur Responds to Lewis Hamilton Facing Radio Silence at Monaco GP

Fred Vasseur, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc (via Motorsport Week)

The Monaco GP turned out to be a rollercoaster of a ride for Lewis Hamilton as he suffered from multiple disappointing contingencies. The radio miscommunication blunder during the Qualifying cost him a three-place grid penalty that ruined his chances. Moreover, Hamilton faced a disappointing radio silence from the pit wall at the end of the race when he finished in only P5 in the pecking order. Now, Team Principal Fred Vasseur has provided clarity on the situation and revealed the underlying truth.

Lewis Hamilton‘s chances to contend for the Monaco GP victory were nullified after he faced a grid penalty for impeding Max Verstappen. Moreover, throughout the race, Hamilton could only get up to P5 as the two-stop strategy ruined a lot of drivers’ prospects. To make matters worse, Ferrari did not respond to the Briton on the team radio appropriately by the end of the race.

Hamilton questioned the pit wall and especially his race engineer, Ricciardo Adami, if they were upset with him. The 40-year-old received a deafening silence in response as he crawled back to the pit lane. This caused severe criticism towards the Italian constructor for treating a seven-time champion so poorly during the race.

Fred Vasseur has revealed the truth of the matter and sided with Ferrari over their radio silence. The Frenchman highlighted that the team avoided talking with the drivers when they were at the big curves of the track. As such, Hamilton was somewhere around curves 1 to 3, which meant the race engineer wasn’t permitted to talk to him. Vasseur asserted that the engineers weren’t sleeping or drinking a beer, so that they couldn’t talk on the radio. The 56-year-old reiterated that Ferrari has decided to avoid talking to the drivers around those curves.

When the driver asks for something between curve-1 and curve-3, then we have to wait… we must avoid talking to him when there are curves. It’s not that we’re sleeping or we’re drinking a beer at the wall, it’s that we have a section of the track where we agree that we don’t have to talk.

Fred Vasseur said, as reported by formulapassion

Fred Vasseur assures ‘no tensions’ between Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton’s debut season with Ferrari has remained highly mediocre as he fails to achieve even a single podium finish in the first eight outings. Hamilton’s only high point this season has been a sprint race win in China. Since his debut, the Briton has been involved in a verbal spat with his race engineer on multiple occasions. Still, Fred Vasseur assures that there are no tensions between the parties involved.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc (via Getty)
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc (via Getty)

Vasseur asserts that Lewis Hamilton was simply under pressure at the Monaco GP and didn’t lash out due to tensions between the engineers and him. The Frenchman reckoned that between the tight walls and speeds of up to 300 kmph at the Monte Carlo Circuit, Hamilton was simply struggling more than anticipated. On the contrary, the 56-year-old revealed that he had a chat with the 40-year-old post-race, and the latter wasn’t angry or agitated in his attitude.

Honestly there is no tension, Lewis was under pressure, between the walls, he was struggling at 300 per hour and it’s fine. When I talked to him after the race, he wasn’t angry at all.

Fred Vasseur noted

Ferrari’s performance has remained disappointing since the beginning of the 2025 season despite continuous efforts to improve it. The Italian constructor has lost massive ground in both championships in the wake of their performance and strategy blunders. As such, the Scuderia must ensure better conditions for Hamilton to retain him in the squad beyond his current contract expiration.

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