{"id":868162,"date":"2026-08-25T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868162\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:52:11","slug":"lewis-hamilton-retracts-ferrari-criticism-fia-slams-stewards-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868162\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton retracts Ferrari criticism; FIA slams stewards abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton<\/a> and the FIA feature prominently as we take a fast-paced look through Tuesday\u2019s key F1 headlines.<\/p>\n

Hamilton<\/a> has apologised publicly for his Ferrari radio and TV comments made at the Dutch Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the FIA has condemned online abuse directed towards its stewards following a Franco Colapinto penalty. All of this and more, so let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton backs down on Ferrari criticism<\/p>\n

A frustrated Hamilton hit out at Ferrari\u2019s Dutch GP strategy both over team radio, and in the TV pen post-race.<\/p>\n

The bluntness of Hamilton\u2019s comments were eye-opening. The seven-time world champion has since revisited them, and issued a public apology.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Lewis Hamilton takes responsibility for Dutch GP \u2018radio and TV\u2019 comments<\/a><\/p>\n

FIA condemns abuse aimed at stewards<\/p>\n

Formula 1\u2019s governing body, the FIA, has issued a statement, calling out abuse targeting its officials, following incidents after the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The abuse targeted officials working the Zandvoort race for applying a penalty to Alpine\u2019s Franco Colapinto.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 FIA releases statement after stewards targeted by abuse over Colapinto penalty<\/a><\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli set for FIA Italian GP grid penalty<\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli is set to start his home race from the back of the field.<\/p>\n

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed this, and discussed the state of play for George Russell, who is also facing a grid drop down the line in F1 2026.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Kimi Antonelli braced for Italian GP penalty with George Russell \u2018discussions ongoing\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

George Russell \u2018no deployment\u2019 Mercedes claim after Piastri pass<\/p>\n

Russell was not even looking in his mirrors at the point where Oscar Piastri appeared on his inside at the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The McLaren driver struck out of nowhere, as Russell bemoaned \u201cno deployment\u201d from the Mercedes engine.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 George Russell makes Mercedes deployment claim after Piastri overtake<\/a><\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso explains Honda \u2018back to square one\u2019 verdict<\/p>\n

Aston Martin has taken another step forward at the Dutch Grand Prix, so says Alonso.<\/p>\n

However, the upgraded Honda engine left Alonso with a feeling of \u201cback to square one\u201d amid driveability concerns.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Alonso hails Aston Martin breakthrough amid \u2018back to square one\u2019 Honda claim<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read next \u2013 Fresh details confirmed about Max Verstappen\u2019s extended Red Bull deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton and the FIA feature prominently as we take a fast-paced look through Tuesday\u2019s key F1 headlines.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,837,813,816,818,823,44,85],"class_list":["post-868162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-fia","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}