Lewis Hamilton was involved in a series of curt radio exchanges with his team as Ferrari ’ s Sebastian Vettel was the surprise winner of the Malaysian Grand Prix . Hamilton ’ s Mercedes team had threatened to dominate this season but to the great relief of Formula One fans throughout the world — including some patriotic Hamilton supporters — they have been caught up . Hamilton , who finished second to head the championship standings by three points , exchanged words with his obviously jittery engineers on the pit wall . Lewis Hamilton waves to the crowds from the podium after finishing second at the Malaysian Grand Prix . During the race , Hamilton was involved in a number of frustrated exchanges with his engineers . Hamilton looks dejected ( left ) as he stands on the podium alongside Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg . F1 stats provided by F1 Stat Blog . He questioned their choice of tyres and told them not to talk to him while he was cornering . Apart from saying some of the messages were ‘ confusing ’ , Hamilton refrained from criticising the team after the race and admitted that even if Mercedes had got their strategy right , Vettel ‘ would still have been hard to beat ’ . INCIDENT 1 . Lap 39 — Hamilton complains about choice of tyres : . Hamilton : This is the wrong tyre , man . His engineer replies they had no choice . Engineer : The other was well used . INCIDENT 2 . Lap 40 — with Vettel picking up the pace , Hamilton vents his anger again : . Hamilton : I can hear you ( in response to one engineer trying to grab a quick word . ) I don ’ t know what I ’ m supposed to be doing . Paddy ( Lowe , team technical chief ) says I might be doing another stop . Engineer : That was just miscommunication . That was just chatter . INCIDENT 3 . Lap 42 — Hamilton snaps after being distracted : . Engineer : Lewis you are scheduled to catch Vettel with five laps remaining . Hamilton : Don ’ t try and talk to me through the corners , man , I nearly went off . James Restall . Hamilton was n't happy that he could hear radio chatter as he took on a corner , claiming he nearly went off . Hamilton sips champagne alongside race winner Vettel ( right ) on the Malaysian podium .
Lewis Hamilton was beaten by Sebastian Vettel at the Malaysian GP . The Brit was involved in a series of curt radio exchanges with his team . Hamilton told his engineers not to speak to him as he cornered . The Mercedes driver heads the drivers ' championship by 2 points .