Lewis Hamilton Once Started a Fiery Twitter Feud With His F1 Teammate Just for Not Following Him Back: “I Thought We Respected One Another…”

How often do we see celebrities call out one another on social media? Well, not that often. But when it happens, such news does make headlines. Something similar happened in Formula 1 as well when on this one occasion Lewis Hamilton took a dig at his teammate during his McLaren days.

This dates back to 2012 when Hamilton and Jenson Button were teammates at the Woking-based team. Ahead of the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton took to Twitter to share that he was upset with his teammate who had unfollowed him on Twitter.

Hamilton wrote, “Just noticed @jensonbutton unfollowed, that’s a shame. After 3 years as teammates, I thought we respected one another but clearly, he doesn’t.”

Button was a teammate of Hamilton for three years as he moved from Brawn GP to McLaren in 2010.

After putting out the first tweet, the then McLaren driver followed up with, “Funny thing is, we are STILL teammates! All good tho, I plan on giving this team and fans all I got till I cross the finish line in brazil!!”

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However, when the seven-time world champion understood that he was mistaken, he immediately tweeted, “My bad, just found out Jenson never followed me. Don’t blame him! Need to be on Twitter more!”

How did Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button fare in the 2012 season?

The duo started their season as teammates in 2010. While Hamilton picked up the F1 championship in 2008, Button clinched it a year later in 2009 with Brawn GP. From that time, Hamilton and Button were considered two championship contenders, fighting for the same top spot.

Even though the 2010 and 2011 seasons went to Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton and Button had decent points finishes in the two said years. As of 2012, the Silver Arrows ace picked up 190 points as compared to Button’s 188.

The intra-team rivalry was quite fierce. Hamilton picked up four wins, seven pole positions, and seven podiums that year, whereas Button picked up three wins, one pole position, and six podiums.

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The following year in 2013, Lewis Hamilton moved to Mercedes while Jenson Button stayed back at the Woking-based team to partner with Sergio Perez.