Lewis Hamilton says Fred Vasseur is the reason he is at Ferrari and labeled reports that the team principal could be replaced as “nonsense” ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton's tenure at Ferrari did not begin as it was expected. The Briton is yet to score a podium at a Grand Prix, and is only in sixth position in the drivers' standings. In Italian media, there are rising rumours about the British driver not being listened to enough,

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen might be the same age, but their careers have played out very differently. Verstappen is already chasing a fifth world title, while Leclerc is still waiting for his first serious shot.

Murmings from Leclerc’s inner circle have claimed that there’s an exit clause in his current contract, which runs out in 2029. Leclerc will be 31 by the time his existing deal runs out - and has yet to mount a credible title charge with Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton liked, then swiftly unliked, an Instagram post which criticised Ferrari's current Formula 1 car and the team's supposed

Retrospect recontextualises Hamilton’s victory in the Shanghai sprint as a flash in the pan rather than the start of something great. His late-race spell in Imola that got him agonisingly close to the podium — the only grand prix in which he’s finished ahead of Leclerc — looks almost totally inexplicable.

This would be a difficult decision for Fred Vasseur to make. The Frenchman worked with Leclerc at Sauber before reuniting with the Monegasque racer at Ferrari, and the 27-year-old has long been considered the golden boy of the Scuderia’s F1 operation. Sidelining his needs and desires could jeopardise his future within the team.

A wild theory links Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal triumphs with Lewis Hamilton's F1 successes ahead of the Canadian GP