Lewis Hamilton issues clarification over key Ferrari documents

Lewis Hamilton has clarified the documents he has been submitting to Ferrari do not contain any orders.

Hamilton has endured a challenging first season at the Italian squad and is still awaiting his first trip to the podium in red.

In a bid to make progress behind the wheel of Ferrari's challenger that has caused issues for him this year, Hamilton has been submitting documents to the squad.

However, the seven-time champion asserted they only contain ideas, and not instructions on how to proceed going forward.

“There were no orders in it,” Hamilton told media including RacingNews365.

“It was just ideas, ‘if we did this, have we tried this? If we did this, perhaps we could ease up a certain area’.

“It’s just about having conversations. Fred and the team have been really responsive.”

Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc has enjoyed a more positive experience with the Ferrari car this year, taking five podiums and a pole position last time out in Hungary.

The Monegasque driver detailed he is not submitting any documents in a similar fashion to Hamilton, but asserted he is partaking in constant feedback of his own.

“I'm of course involved,” Leclerc said. 

“I'm not creating documents on my side, but I'm definitely having meetings whenever I'm back in Maranello with the team to know what is the next thing we want to tackle as a team. 

“Every single driver has their way of feeding back to the team. 

“I have my way, which is different compared to Lewis, but that doesn't mean I'm left out. I'm definitely involved in the process.”