Lewis Hamilton said he is prepared to tackle any “sensitivities” within Ferrari over their use of team orders during the Miami Grand Prix.

Ferrari swapped the running order of its drivers twice during Sunday’s race. First the team instructed Charles Leclerc to let his team mate by, as Hamilton behind him was on softer tyres and potentially quicker.

Hamilton lobbied the team for several laps to make the call. Once they did, he found it difficult to pull away, and soon afterwards Leclerc said his team mate was holding him up. Ferrari duly told their drivers to swap positions again.

Afterwards Hamilton said he was frustrated by how long the team took to make its initial decision, as he had recently changed to the medium tyre compound and felt he could make progress.

“It was a difficult race starting on the hard tyre, there wasn’t a lot of grip I think with the rain [before the start], so the track was a little bit green. I lost a lot of time obviously behind the Haas at the start.

“Then things started to come alive, I was getting excited. I was P8 and I got this fresh tyre and I clearly had a lot more pace than the car ahead. So in that moment, I was like, come on, let’s utilise it, let’s catch up to the McLarens. So I was hyped. And just a lot of time was lost in the scenario that we had.”

Hamilton criticised Ferrari for their “teamwork” on the radio and reminded them he had moved aside for Leclerc at the Chinese Grand Prix. He said he is prepared to address any tensions which may have arisen.

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“Of course, in the heat of the moment, it’s frustrating,” he said. “But we will internally work it out and figure out how we can improve.

“I’m sure there’s some sensitivities. I’m not feeling sensitive. [But] we’re not where we want to be, Charles and I.”

The Miami event was an especially frustrating one for Ferrari as they fell to being the fifth-fastest team behind Williams. Alexander Albon finished ahead of Leclerc and Hamilton, who said their rival’s performance shows Ferrari need to make significant improvements to their car.

“Williams are doing an amazing job,” he said. “They’ve got James [Vowles, team principal] there who’s doing a great job and the whole team is doing fantastic and they’ve got two great drivers there and they’re really quick.

“For us to be battling with them and struggling to beat them just shows that we have a lot of performance to find. We’re lacking performance in the car but I think we know where we are losing it, particularly since China, for example.

“We’ve got some improvements to make to the car before we can unlock that performance, but we won’t give up, we’ll keep pushing.”

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