Is the pressure starting to tell on Charles Leclerc? With Lewis Hamilton back on the top step of the podium and leading the Scuderia charge, the Monegasque driver faces a defining weekend at Silverstone. Photo: AFP
Ferrari fans would have been forgiven for expecting a tumultuous season amid the latest regulation shake-up but nobody could have ever predicted that their 41-year-old driver would outshine his younger teammate, who is almost half his age.
For the Tifosi, signing Lewis Hamilton last year must have felt like the cherry on top of their perfect white picket fence, with Charles Leclerc seated next to him in the paddock as their star driver. Six months before his first win in the Prancing Horse, in Barcelona recently, he suffered three consecutive Q1 exits in qualifying. At the time, it look like an embarrassing end to the most illustrious F1 career.
Hamilton, however, is called the GOAT for a reason.
The great Brit Hamilton locked in, put his highly developed racing IQ to use and joined hands with the engineers at the Scuderia to build the 2026 car. His experience proved vital in helping Ferrari construct a race-winning machine again. Hamilton then delivered Ferrari's first win since 2024 last month.
