Bernie Ecclestone has called for Lewis Hamilton to retire from Formula One.

Despite Lewis Hamilton’s recent comments referring to himself as “absolutely useless”, Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur defended the seven-time World Champion, saying he is “frustrated but not demotivated.

Anthony Davidson has addressed the “elephant in the room” of Lewis Hamilton ’s age when discussing the British F1 driver’s difficult start to life at Ferrari. Hamilton, 40, is in his 19th season in Formula One but has endured his worst-ever start to a season, failing to finish on the podium in the first 14 races of the campaign.