Lewis Hamilton was and still continues to be one of the most vocal drivers on social media. The Briton is not afraid to voice his opinion on any kind of issues that he believes need addressing. However, according to his former McLaren teammate, Jenson Button, the 38-year-old was “too vocal” at one point.
Button revealed most of these moments in his autobiography, Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography. As per the 43-year-old, one of Hamilton’s first major Twitter posts came back in 2009.
On that instance, Hamilton had taken to Twitter and written, “Damn, ***!! Jenson has the new rear wing on. I have the old. We voted to change, didn’t work out. I lose 0.4 tenths just on the straight“.
#onthisday in 2010, Lewis Hamilton won the Turkish Grand Prix after his McLaren teammate Jenson Button tried to overtake him on the final laps. The two British drivers were battling for the lead after the Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel collided while fighting… pic.twitter.com/PhyC5Xsoue
— Just Hun (@JustHun_) June 6, 2023
Button was far from happy by Hamilton’s tweet as he pointed out that it was the 38-year-old’s decision at the time to take the old rear wing. And the problems that Button had with Hamilton’s tweets just did not end there.
In another instance, Button also pointed out how Hamilton had made the entire telemetry public to highlight the straight-line speed deficit that he had. The 43-year-old believes that even though Hamilton’s concerns were not with him but with McLaren, it was he who ended up being “collateral damage“.
Button was annoyed by Hamilton’s Twitter activity at this point as he made it clear that telemetry is not something that is supposed to go public. It was at this point that the 43-year-old believed that he should access Twitter less.
Hamilton once wrongly stated that Button unfollowed him on Twitter
Another moment of tension that took place between the two former McLaren teammates came when Lewis Hamilton took to Twitter and wrote that Jenson Button had unfollowed him. “Just noticed @jensonbutton unfollowed. That’s a shame. After 3 years as teammates, I thought we respected one another but he clearly doesn’t“, wrote the 38-year-old.
Button referred to this post as one of Hamilton’s “weird Twitterfart moments“. The 43-year-old made it clear that he had never followed Hamilton in the first place, so he had no idea what the 38-year-old Briton was suggesting.
Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button visiting McLaren’s famous unit 2 back in 2010 🤩🏎️
Who else would love to spend a day here? 🙋♂️#F1 pic.twitter.com/T3BCjUJhI9
— Crash F1 (@CRASH_NET_F1) January 31, 2023
However, Hamilton did realize his mistake soon after and corrected himself. The 38-year-old took to Twitter and wrote, “My bad, just found out Jenson never followed me. Don’t blame him! Need to be on Twitter more“!
On reading Hamilton’s Tweet, Button said that it was the opposite for him. “Needed to be on Twitter a bit less, if you’d ask me,” wrote Button. Soon after, the two parted ways as Hamilton left McLaren to join Mercedes, with Perez joining Button.
Jenson Button was unhappy that Lewis Hamilton was leaving McLaren
On receiving the news that they would no longer be teammates, Jenson Button revealed his unhappiness. The 43-year-old explained how he believed that the two had a competitive partnership and pushed each other well.
While Button was not too pleased with Hamilton’s decision, the 38-year-old’s move to Mercedes turned out to be a dream move. After winning his first title with the British outfit back in 2008, Hamilton won six more with Mercedes between 2014 and 2020.
The only time that he lost the title in this seven-year period was in 2016 to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. Other than Rosberg, only two other drivers have ever defeated Hamilton and Button is one of them. Since only three drivers in history have ever defeated Hamilton, it just shows how strong the 38-year-old is.
