Mark Hughes explains why Leclerc's return to form at Silverstone revealed a far more intricate Formula 1 story than simple team-mate rivalry with Lewis Hamilton.
One of the many fascinations about last weekend’s British Grand Prix was Charles Leclerc bouncing back into form after struggling for four races (since Canada) to match the performance of his re-invigorated team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
This seems to have confounded many, especially those who’d built up the simplistic narrative that Hamilton had arrived at Ferrari and spent a year re-organising it to make a better car, one in which he would then demonstrate his natural advantage over Leclerc, who was only quicker in the poor ’25 car because Hamilton was busy with bigger concerns like ensuring the ’26 car was good.
