Brundle: Hamilton's come to terms with how fast Leclerc is

Hamilton has endured a miserable start to life as a Ferrari driver, struggling to get his head around his SF-25 while being comprehensively beaten by Leclerc so far.

The seven-time F1 Champion reached an all-season low over the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, where he qualified 12th as Leclerc bagged pole and went on issuing controversial statements that he was "useless" and that Ferrari should replace him.

Hamilton came back at the Dutch Grand Prix in a better mood and was on the pace compared to his teammate, but then crashed in the race after an uncharacteristic error as it started to rain, and to make matters worse, he was slapped with a five-second time penalty, which he had to serve at Monza.

But despite that penalty, Sir Lewis had a decent weekend at the Temple of Speed, as the Tifosi embraced him, showing him some love.

He qualified fifth, close to Leclerc, and while he started from tenth following his penalty, he finished sixth after a solid race.

In his post-race Sky Sports F1 column, Brundle touched on Hamilton's Monza weekend; he wrote: "Lewis Hamilton was carrying a five-place grid drop for speeding indiscretions going to the grid in Zandvoort, which frankly were a fair cop.

"He would start 10th, but once again coming through the pack as he did at Silverstone and other races, we would witness Lewis driving as we remember from years previous."

Brundle, a veteran of 158 Grands Prix, went on to note that something has changed in Hamilton; he added: "All round he looked more comfortable in the car and seems to have had a mindset adjustment of making the best of what he has instead of being frustrated that he's not got a race-winning car underneath him.

"He's probably also come to terms with just how fast Charles Leclerc is. It was nice to observe Lewis looking happier," Brundle concluded.