Ralf Schumacher noticed Lewis Hamilton “tension” after Charles Leclerc “woke up”

“I think that annoyed him, and there was some tension. Hamilton wasn’t used to being told to drive fast on the teammate’s side.”

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc

Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher noticed “some tension” at Ferrari after Charles Leclerc’s impressive recovery at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a strong start to the weekend last time out in Shanghai, dominating the sprint part of the weekend.

Hamilton took pole in sprint qualifying before taking a comfortable sprint race victory.

Ferrari failed to replicate this in qualifying, settling for fifth and sixth on the grid for the main grand prix.

It was a disastrous Sunday as Ferrari lacked pace relative to the top three teams.

Matters were made worse for Ferrari as their two cars were disqualified for technical infringements.

Speaking to Formel1.de, Schumacher said: “When you don’t know the team that well, you’re new, until you get the hang of it, until your engineer understands you, it takes a few months, and I think you saw that on Sunday.