Leclerc handed damning verdict: 'Ferrari keeps going in circles'

The former Formula One driver sees the Monegasque driver being in a difficult situation, and compares him to Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. This season as well, he is not in contention for the title either, sitting in P5 in the standings with 119 points.

“He’s (Leclerc) now going through what Alonso or Vettel experienced back then. He’s dealing with the typical Ferrari frustration, when you eventually realize that everything just keeps going in circles,” he told Sport.de.

Alonso just missed out on two titles with Ferrari in 2010 and 2012 against Vettel, while the German was unable to defeat the duo of Hamilton and Mercedes afterwards. The last Ferrari driver to win a world title was Kimi Räikkönen in 2007.

While Leclerc could step on the podium on a couple of occasions already in 2025, Hamilton could only do so in Sprints.

The Briton won the Scuderia's first ever Sprint in China, and finished third at the same event in Miami.

"For Hamilton, this is actually a catastrophic season," the German driver said. “Apart from Shanghai, he just can’t get anything going.”

Still, Danner believes the seven-time world champion will be able to turn things around eventually. The Silverstone weekend already seemed to be more positive, where Hamilton just missed out finishing on the podium and had promising pace in qualifying as well.