“On the limit” cooling sparked Hamilton F1 radio message

After running third in the opening stages of the race at Albert Park on Sunday, Hamilton dropped back to fifth when he was overtaken on track by Sergio Perez and lost a place to Mercedes team-mate George Russell in the pitstops.

Russell and Hamilton moved up to third and fourth when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen retired while running second, leaving the two Mercedes cars separated by just one second for the final podium position.

While following Russell, Hamilton radioed the…