Jacob

To be honest, and speaking completely objectively, after Fred’s comments about Lewis yesterday, I get the impression that he is taking his media revenge on Lewis following what Lewis said in Monza. We all know that the relationship between Fred and Lewis has cooled off somewhat following Lewis’s comments in Monza. They remain very professional and there is still a relationship between them, but it has definitely cooled. Fred clearly didn’t appreciate Lewis’s comments in Monza. A clear example is that right after the race, he said there would be team orders and that Lewis would have priority for the championship now. But in Madrid, after everything he had been through and after hearing Lewis’s comments about him and the team, he clearly changed his mind and decided that there would be no team orders. We know how Fred speaks: he always defends his drivers and his team. Yesterday, he made it very clear to the whole world that it was Lewis’s mistake if he finished P6 instead of P3. He was clearly angry. If you look closely at his first interviews immediately after the race, he says, “We called both drivers in, but Lewis didn’t want to come in.” Then afterwards, he tries to defend him by saying that Lewis missed the pit lane. A bit like what Lewis did at Monza, pointing the finger at Fred and the team, and then later defending Fred and the team. Honestly, I have never seen Fred speak like that about one of his drivers. He was genuinely frustrated, and that is understandable because we lost an important double podium for the championship. Now it has become very clear that there is something going on between Lewis and Fred. Their relationship is no longer the same as it was before. We’ll see what happens in the future, but there is definitely something strange going on at the moment. (Also. Please, I’m saying this completely neutrally, with no hidden agenda or inside information.)