An ex-Formula 1 star has delivered a brutal verdict on Lewis Hamilton 's failure to compete with his rivals since joining Ferrari . The seven-time world champion completed his dream move to the Scuderia ahead of the 2025 campaign, after calling time on a historic 12-year era at Mercedes.

The only ones younger are Max Verstappen, Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Lewis Hamilton. Twenty-five world championships between them. Buncha bums.

Hamilton has, in recent years, attracted attention upon arriving in the F1 paddock with his own choice of bold attire, bucking the trend of drivers arriving in team-branded gear. Now, the sport’s only black driver has described how the stale world of mid-2000s F1 reacted to his initial clothing choices.