Lewis Hamilton has had his fair share of miscommunication with the Ferrari pit wall.

Since joining Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton has already had a change of race engineer, with Riccardo Adami moving on to be replaced by Carlos Santi.

Ferrari are no strangers to being criticised for their strategy decisions and miscommunication with drivers, and it continued in the latest Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

James Hinchcliffe wanted Ferrari to ‘trust’ Lewis Hamilton in Brazil

The challenging conditions at Interlagos meant that communication was pivotal between driver and pit wall.

For the first change from intermediate tyres to slick tyres, Hamilton was the first to gamble and come into the pit lane. However, James Hinchcliffe believes Ferrari should have trusted their driver to pit even earlier when he was pleading to over the radio.

“Ultimately, he was still the first one to do it, which you always want to be in that scenario. You want to be the first guy to get it right. 

“They probably could’ve tried one lap sooner, I wanted to see them trust their driver on that one. There is something to that.”

Lewis Hamilton’s track feeling beat Ferrari’s computers

Ultimately, Ferrari made the decision to defy Hamilton and stay out until their data highlighted the right crossover time.

Over the team radio, Santi told Hamilton directly that the decision was being delayed because parts of the track weren’t dry enough.

Yet when Hamilton did eventually pull the trigger and stop, he was easily the fastest on track and it triggered an avalanche of pit stops from rival teams.

Later in the race, Santi criticised Hamilton for taking matters into his own hands and missing the pit entry for the second stop. It was another afternoon of chaotic miscommunication on the Ferrari pitwall.