Charles Leclerc has spoken about the different qualities he has picked up from Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, compared to what he learned from Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz. Leclerc met Hamilton in Maranello after Ferrari managed to lure the seven-time world champion away from Mercedes.

“What?!” Leclerc replied to his race engineer, Bryan Bozzi, after being told the result. He laughed to himself afterwards: “Mamma mia. My God!” The bemusement initially hidden by Leclerc’s helmet remained etched on his face after he hopped out of his car and celebrated with his team.

Charles Leclerc stunned favourites McLaren by seizing pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton described himself as useless and suggested he should be replaced.