• F1 2023꧑ Miami Grand Prix - Full race r𓆉esults from round 5

After a brief fꦜirst-lap contact with Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg, Hamilton was stuck in P13 and left his team a concerned messa🌌ge.

Sky reporter Anthony Davidson said: "I've been listening to Lewis Hamilton and he was complaining 🧸saying 'I don't think we're going to be able to last this race'.

"I cannot make out what he was going on about, but he🥀's struggling som🐭ewhat."

❀Hamilton said via team radio: "No my car is definitely🎉 not feeling great, my front right."

But the Mercedes pit wall assured him he was fine to continue.ඣ He was told that whatever he felt was actually 📖just strong wind on track.

Hamilton had qualified in a disappointing 13th ﷺbut made a good start in Miami, although the contact with Hulkenberg sent him back to his starting spot.

Later, Hamilton was told by his engineers to allow teammate George Russell thro🐠ugh.

"We have George 1.1 behind," Hamilton was told.

"We aren't racing him. We are racin♏g Esteban Ocon.꧟ So let's not hold each other up."

Hamil🔯ton replied: "He can go b⛎y but I am not backing off though."

Russell eventual♏ly finished fourth, two places ahead of Hamilton.