While Lewis Hamilton is not retiring, he and Ferrari did perhaps “underestimate” the challenge of his adaptation. That is the concession made by Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur, with Hamilton having hit a new mental low at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Talk of a retirement announcement, however, has since been put to bed.

F1's beady-eyed social media fan base have been at it again reading into Lewis Hamilton's activity far too much. The seven-time champion has hardly set the track alight since getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari F1 car in 2025,