Charles Leclerc questions rivalry narrative after Italian Grand Prix clash

After Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton's battle in Monza, Juan Pablo Montoya believes that Ferrari bosses need to sit down with the two drivers. After the start of the Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton dove down the inside of his teammate.

Juan Pablo Montoya believes Ferrari’s senior management must intervene after Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc clashed during a difficult Italian Grand Prix

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Ferrari's senior management must step in and establish clear driver boundaries following a difficult Italian Grand Prix that involved a clash between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on the opening lap. The Maranello outfit endured a miserable home race at Monza in round 13 of the 2026 championship, watching Mercedes secure a 1-2 finish led ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has been warned that his in-fighting with Charles Leclerc at Ferrari “is not good for the team”. Hamilton and Leclerc clashed at the opening corner of Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, with the former accusing his team-mate of pushing him off the track.

Ferrari team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc clashed during Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix

There is nothing particularly new in the way Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton conducted themselves on and off the track on Sunday, either in the history of Formula 1 or motorsport more generally. Clashes between team-mates have, in some cases, reached levels of tension that make what happened between the two Ferrari drivers at Monza look relatively minor. But in this particular case ...Keep reading

There is nothing particularly new in the way Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton conducted themselves on and off the track on Sunday, either in the history of Formula 1 or motorsport more generally. Clashes between team-mates have, in some cases, reached levels of tension that make what happened between the two Ferrari drivers at Monza look relatively minor. But in this particular case ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has appeared to deny any culpability for his first chicane tangle with teammate Charles Leclerc at the Italian Grand Prix. The two Ferrari drivers duelled at the start of what was a disappointing home race where Hamilton finished sixth, and Leclerc retired on lap one from a heavy crash.

Charles Leclerc has admitted he and Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton raced each other too hard after they went wheel-to-wheel on the opening lap of the Italian Grand Prix.

Sparks flew immediately between the two Ferrari drivers at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix. Before Charles Leclerc’s race ended with a massive shunt into the Parabolica barriers on Lap 2, the Monegasque driver engaged in a fierce wheel-to-wheel scrap with…

Charles Leclerc says he doesn’t understand “who is forcing that narrative” of a Ferrari rivalry, after clashing with Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the start of the Italian Grand Prix. The Ferrari drivers were starting from the second row for the Prancing Horse’s home race; both of them took a decent getaway, but Hamilton pulled alongside Leclerc coming into Variante del ...Keep reading

Leclerc suggests the media are pitting the Ferrari drivers against one another