Brundle: Hamilton can gain ground after Leclerc’s Mexico move

Martin Brundle believes Lewis Hamilton can use Charles Leclerc’s Mexico Grand Prix move to gain ground at Ferrari. Speaking at Interlagos on Thursday ahead of the São Paulo Grand Prix, the Sky Sports broadcaster said Hamilton had reached a stage in his career where he would be “unfiltered”. Brundle’s conclusion was that Hamilton had seen “a chance to actually make a bit of ground on this because that was a bit silly”.

Brundle called Leclerc’s Lap 1 move against Hamilton at Turn 4 unwise, arguing that the resulting off-track excursion and dispute within Ferrari cost the team a chance at a major win and gave Max Verstappen the victory. He said the five-second penalty had little sporting effect. That interpretation differed from critics including Ralf Schumacher, who faulted Hamilton for airing Ferrari’s internal dispute over team radio.