Vasseur: Hamilton himself offered to skip Leclair

      During the Shanghai race, the broadcast director aired talks between the team and Lewis Hamilton, in which race engineer Riccardo Adami asked the seven-time world champion to let his teammate through. The head of Ferrari, Frederic Wasser, was unhappy with this coverage of radio conversations, as an important fragment was cut from the broadcast.

      Frederick Wasser: "This is some kind of joke from FOM, since it was Lewis who first suggested that we switch positions with Charles. It was his suggestion. But for the sake of the show and creating hype around this situation, they did not broadcast the first part of the radio conversations. I will discuss this point with FOM.

      We have to work as a team and think about what is best for Ferrari. The collaboration between our riders is incredible, and I can't complain about that."

      Later, Lewis Hamilton confirmed the words of his boss.: "Charles and I didn't fight. He had a faster pace than me. I had problems with the car, so I told the team that I could skip it. It was my idea."

      Frederick Wasser made comments about radio conversations even before it became known about the disqualification of both Ferrari drivers.