Hamilton slams Ferrari lack of 'rules' after Monza disaster: 'It starts with Fred Vasseur'

Ferrari entered their home race at Monza with high expectations, but Sunday turned into a nightmare for the Italian team. Not only did they see Charles Leclerc retire, but they also had to watch Lewis Hamilton finish sixth after being pushed off track by his own teammate in the first-corner battle. For a seven-time world champion, this result is simply unacceptable. The disastrous sequence began as soon as the lights went out. Leclerc started from third place, while Hamilton was fourth. Both Ferraris quickly engaged in a two-car fight at the front of the field. At Turn 2, when Hamilton was already ahead, Leclerc squeezed him off the track, causing the British driver to lose several positions. Shortly after, Leclerc suffered an incident and retired, leaving only one Ferrari to fight for the rest of the race. Speaking after the race, Hamilton was visibly frustrated and directly blamed Leclerc. He said: 'I was ahead at Turn 2. At the apex, I was ahead. There was no 'both of us' in that. There is not much more to say. It was very bad for the team and obviously cost us many positions.' Hamilton did not stop at criticizing his teammate; he also pointed the finger at the Ferrari management. He believes the team lacks clear rules on how the drivers should behave when they are fighting for podium positions or victories. 'I don't race dirty. I have always raced clean and fair, and I always give space. Since I joined the team, I have tried to respect space and certainly not put the team in a compromising situation. I maintain that stance,' Hamilton stressed. More importantly, Hamilton named team principal Fred Vasseur and demanded action from the top. 'At the end of the day, it comes from above. Decisions are passed down and they start with Fred. There is a limit to how much you can say, how much you can insist or shout from above,' he said. According to Hamilton, the team keeps repeating the same mistake because they refuse to change their communication process. 'I said yesterday that we need to review how we communicate. If we keep going down the same path, we will keep getting the same result. And we are still getting the same result. We have to change things because this is not helping us move forward. Ultimately, it is about establishing rules of engagement,' the 41-year-old added. To illustrate his point, Hamilton recalled his time at Mercedes alongside Nico Rosberg. He insisted that the team had a written set of racing rules, which kept things under control. 'When I was at Mercedes, we had written rules of engagement. In reality, we almost never had major problems. Maybe there were a few moments between me and Nico, a couple of times, but most of the time it worked well. Here, there are no rules. And I think that is something we have to change,' he said. The incident at Monza is even more worrying because Ferrari are entering a decisive phase of the season. Losing a car at their home race means dropping crucial points in the Constructors' Championship battle. If Hamilton and Leclerc continue to have situations like this, Ferrari risk falling behind rivals such as Mercedes. Hamilton publicly criticizing Leclerc and Vasseur right after the race shows that tensions inside Ferrari have reached a boiling point. An experienced driver like Hamilton knows that individual talent is not enough to win titles if the team lacks organization. He understands the value of strict internal rules because he once benefited from them during his battles with Rosberg at Mercedes. The question now is whether Fred Vasseur will respond to Hamilton's request or continue letting his drivers sort things out on track. For a team with Ferrari's tradition, being slow to change means paying the price with championships. Monza was an expensive wake-up call, and without clear rules, similar disasters could easily happen again in the future.