Swapping Formula 1 teams is never easy, particularly when they both look like each other.Lewis Hamilton found that out with amusing results in Malaysia when he wound up in the wrong pit box.Hamilton and rival Vettel were both left embarrassed on the Malaysia podiumAFPThe Brit has traded in silver for red this year with a move from Mercedes to Ferrari, and that should help him avoid the kind of infamous confusion at the start of his last team change.
Back in 2013 Hamilton was in a new team for the first time in his career, having won a title with McLaren in 2008 before the British-New Zealand squad dropped out of contention.His move to Mercedes came with doubts from the outside, but he’d go on to add another seven championships, the joint-most in F1 history.However, just two races into his new job, he got confused in hilarious fashion.
Called in for a pitstop at the Sepang International Circuit, Hamilton did the usual, but headed into the wrong silver box.His old McLaren mechanics were left baffled, and quickly cleared the way as their former driver realised his error and jumped out, heading down to Merc.Calling the incident at the time, pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz said: “Lewis Hamilton has had a memory failure and gone to McLaren! “They waved him though, they still like him, but it’s not his garage! Get on with it Lewis, Jenson [Button’s] coming in!”Cameras picked up the amused faces of a number of McLaren employees, and Hamilton also saw the funny side post-race.
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