George let his frustration be heard over the team radio several times during the Japanese GP. Afterwards, he played down the significance of his radio messages.
Lewis says he knew Mercedes’ call for him to slow down and give George DRS was not a good idea because he “needed to get as far clear ahead as possible”.
One of Toto Wolff’s two deputies in Japan, Bradley Lord, says it’s clear “where we have got to work and the ground we have to make up over the winter”.