5 of the Most Interesting Radio Messages from Monaco Grand Prix

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Published: May 27, 2015

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One can only imagine the thoughts racing around the bubble of Lewis Hamilton's crash helmet in the latter stages of last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.

The championship leader was on course to take his fourth victory of the 2015 Formula One season in Monaco when Mercedes' strategy mishap dropped Hamilton to third and gifted a second successive win to his team-mate and title rival, Nico Rosberg.

It was one of the most mournful afternoons in the recent history of grand prix racing.

But the team radio messages on both sides of the Mercedes garage offered a fascinating contrast as well as an insight into the inter-team emotions, as Hamilton's camp came to the realisation that they'd cost their driver victory and Rosberg's team lucked into first place.

Joining the Mercedes pair on the podium for the fifth time this season was Sebastian Vettel, who continued his successful start to life at Ferrari. But the German considered himself fortunate to be stood alongside Rosberg and Hamilton, having aired his concerns over tyre temperature behind the safety car.

Vettel's former employers, Red Bull Racing, also fancied their chances of a podium in Monaco.

The four-time constructors' champions forced their drivers, Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo, to swap positions not once but twice as they chased their best result of the campaign, proving team orders can be tolerable in the right circumstances.

Further back, McLaren-Honda secured their strongest finish of the campaign in Monaco, but Fernando Alonso endured another frustrating afternoon, retiring from a second consecutive race.

Alonso had earlier been handed a penalty for a collision with Nico Hulkenberg, and the team's management of the situation was one of the more peculiar aspects of the race.

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