Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that Lewis Hamilton should offer to step aside at Ferrari, provided the Italian constructor coughs up the remainder of his reported £120million contract. The Brit has suffered two brutal race weekends in succession, battering his confidence heading into the summer break.

Hamilton called himself ‘useless’ after a poor showing in the 2025 Hungarian GP. Now he has F1's summer break to find improvements

Hamilton raced to 12th position—the worst result of his Ferrari career—after starting from the same place on a weekend in which teammate Charles Leclerc claimed pole position and led swathes of the race until a mysterious and undiagnosed issue slowed his car.