Former Method 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Ferrari’s senior administration should step in and set up clear driver boundaries following a troublesome Italian Grand Prix that concerned a conflict between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on the opening lap.
The Maranello outfit endured a depressing dwelling race at Monza in spherical 13 of the 2026 championship, watching Mercedes safe a 1-2 end led by Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular cost from nineteenth on the grid.
Ferrari’s afternoon unravelled virtually instantly when Hamilton dived down the within of Leclerc into Flip 1 after which went across the exterior of Flip 2. Whereas Leclerc held his line, the seven-time champion went into the gravel and dropped right down to tenth.
Issues escalated on the second lap when Leclerc, having been defending towards McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, ran broad onto the kerb exiting Parabolica. He misplaced management and crashed into the limitations. Hamilton went on to complete sixth.
Talking to F1 TV after the race, Hamilton, who at present sits third within the drivers’ championship, admitted the end result was a “powerful one to swallow”. Whereas analysing Ferrari’s race throughout the broadcast, Montoya argued that staff principal Fred Vasseur and senior administration should sit down with each drivers forward of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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“They should go to not solely Fred however above Fred and sit them down. Each of them must go to Maranello this week, and they should sit down and have a correct discuss as a result of, in my view, Charles got here out and mentioned, ‘I raced Lewis like I’d have raced anyone else,'” Montoya defined.
“However it’s your team-mate, and you have to respect your team-mate, and you have to respect the staff.”
The outcomes meant that Hamilton slipped to 10 factors behind second-placed George Russell within the drivers’ standings and 76 factors behind championship chief Kimi Antonelli. Leclerc at present sits fifth with 155 factors, 112 factors behind Antonelli.
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