Revealed: Hamilton was in pain after the Italian Grand Prix

Speaking after the race, on Ferrari's X account, an elated and smiling Hamiton, clearly satisfied with his performance at the Autodromo Nazionalle di Monza, revealed he gave it everything he had during the fastest F1 race in the history of the championship.

"I couldn't push the pedal any further. I was like 'Maximum!', he said. "I have pain here (signalling his backside), because I was pushing, I was pushing so hard. If the pedal's bent, you now why."

Up until the Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton's beginning to his tenure at Ferrari had been marred by inconsistency and an overall worrying gap to teammate Charles Leclerc.

After a poor weekend in Belgium, which however say him recover from the back of the grid to the point-scoring places, a Q2 elimination the following week in Hungary led the seven-time world champion to criticise himself fiercely, which his former team principal and friend Toto Wolff told GPblog had been wrong of the Briton, and that he himself indeed spoke to the Briton about the incendiary statements.

Hamilton, however, since the Dutch Grand Prix, has been able to regain some of his old form, having qualified right behind Leclerc for the Dutch Grand Prix, as well as the Italian Grand Prix.

In fact, during both races the Briton managed to keep the gap to Leclerc somewhat small, with George Russell splitting both Ferrari's in both races. Now the Formula One grid looks to Baku, ahead to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where the British Ferrari driver hopes to continue on building up his best version yet at the Scuderia.