Each race, it seems, brings a negative dimension to process, dimming by increments the glow around the seven-time world champion.
Until his rear snapped out of shape through the Hugenholtz bend on a damp track, Hamilton was actually in decent shape.
The subsequent DNF of Leclerc, punted out by the errant Kimi Antonelli while fourth, dumped further misery on Ferrari’s season.
The moment that cost Lewis Hamilton five grid places at the Italian Grand Prix pic.twitter.com/lIAXQ5KdbS
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) August 31, 2025In that regard, there was little consequence attached to the result, since McLaren are out of sight in the constructors’ championship, leaving Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to fight out the drivers’ championship between them.
Clearly everything rests on 2026 and the sweeping regulatory changes to power unit and chassis.
With the exit of Venturi tunnels in favour of flat floors, the behaviour of the cars leans more towards the prior hybrid epoch in which Hamilton excelled.
Hamilton’s last title came in 2020 (Photo: Getty)
There is, however, enough uncertainty to allow Ferrari and Hamilton at least to dream, a quality that is not available to him as he heads to Monza in a car that he has ultimately failed to master.
A world beater in junior categories, a game changer in Formula One, the ordinary had never been part of Hamilton’s racing experience, yet this has been his lot post-2020 with the fateful denouement in Abu Dhabi that cost him that unprecedented eighth world title.
But we are a long way off that as Hamilton prepares to race in front of the tifosi for the first time as a Ferrari driver a couple of hours up the road from the team’s Maranello home.
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The coming together of Ferrari and Hamilton, the sport’s iconic marque and for many its greatest driver, is loaded with fairytale vibes, but, as the Dutch Grand Prix demonstrated, elite sport is unforgiving territory.
Watching him labour is as much a challenge for his fans as it is for him, both parties having to re-evaluate late-stage Hamilton by the race.
Relentless mediocrity is so not what this regal partnership is supposed to be about, especially at the Parco Reale in Monza.
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