During his first race in red in Australia, relatively simple messages relating to the use of a "K1" setting on the steering wheel went viral, even though Hamilton peppered his responses to new race engineer Riccardo Adami with the word "please.

Frederic Vasseur has defended Ferrari's Miami Grand Prix team orders calls and, although he accepted the frustration of drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton during the race, denied that there was any inertia in decision-making.