Lewis Hamilton received support from his Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur on Sunday just hours after the Briton cut a dejected figure following a lacklustre drive to 12th place in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

While team-mate Charles Leclerc proved unable to convert Ferrari’s first pole position of the season into victory, seven-time champion Hamilton was battling to escape midfield and finished where he started. As on Saturday, when he was dumped out of Q2 and appeared miserable, claiming he was “completely useless” and saying the team should “bring in another driver”, Hamilton seemed utterly deflated. 

Fred Vasseur