TIME FERR LEW TO SAVE HIS DREAM...

Struggling Hamilton tipped to shine with Italians

- DANIEL MOXON

JOINING Ferrari in possibly the biggest driver transfer in Formula One history, Lewis Hamilton had two simple aims.

He wanted to fulfil his childhood dream of driving the famous red car, and secure an eighth title before he retires.

That latter ambition looks further away than ever after a hellish Hungarian Grand Prix which prompted one of the most desperate statements the Briton has ever made in his long F1 career.

But there is more to the situation than his “I'm useless” self-diagnosis.

Q: Lewis Hamilton is struggling while Charles Leclerc is challenging

A: Hamilton has been beaten by teammates before, but never so comprehensively.

He is sixth in the championship on 109 points, one place below Leclerc, who is on 151.