But it didn’t compute with him that the driver wasn’t going at the right speed. “James who sits to my right, is actually the most fantastic strategist. “So I said ‘no, then I will look a complete pillock if I do that again’.” “When I told Lewis to speed up the next debate on the pit wall came from Toto to ‘tell him again, he hasn’t done it’,” said Lowe. Hamilton ignored the instruction and continued to restrict the pace but Lowe was reluctant to issue a second order, as he explained in an interview at the Autosport Awards. Hamilton infuriated the team by deliberately slowing in the latter phase of the race in an attempt to encourage other cars to pass Nico Rosberg, which was his last chance of winning the championship.Ību Dhabi Grand Prix team radio transcriptA few laps from the flag Lowe was heard on the radio telling Hamilton: “We need you to pick up the pace to win this race. Mercedes’ executive director for technical Paddy Lowe has revealed how Lewis Hamilton’s controversial tactics in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix baffled the team’s strategists.
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