Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko has claimed that Charles Leclerc was “much faster” than Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton in F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain. And he believes Hamilton’s motivation could suffer if he sees “no chance of winning” this season.

Red Bull F1 advisor Helmut Marko has claimed that Lewis Hamilton “was not quite at Charles Leclerc ’s level” during pre-season testing. The 2025 F1 season kicks off later this week at the Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton’s first race as a Ferrari driver.

Lewis Hamilton felt the force of the Ferrari fans as he and teammate Charles Leclerc sped around Milan's Piazza Castello on Thursday before heading to Australia for the start of the Formula One season.

Big things are changing this year at Scuderia Ferrari, with seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton joining longtime Scuderia star Charles Leclerc at the Italian team. The pressure is on in a lot of ways,

Lewis Hamilton is set to face his toughest challenge across his 18-year F1 career as he embarks on what could be an era-defining season at Ferrari . The sporting legend was just 22-years-old when he joined McLaren in 2007 and it was in his first F1 race when he placed P3 following his team-mate Fernando Alonso in P2.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have enjoyed a harmonious relationship during their first few months as Ferrari team-mates, although that could soon change

He knows not to underestimate Lewis. Lewis is at his best on a Sunday afternoon. So Leclerc is waiting to see what kind of teammate he’s going to have in Australia.”

Some 35,000 'tifosi' attended the event as seven-time world champion Hamilton performed smoking tire burnouts after filling the city streets with noise.

George Russell beat Lewis Hamilton in two of their three seasons together at Mercedes and predicts Charles Leclerc will give the seven-time champion a tough time as well

Due to his age and dismal 2024 season, there have been suggestions that Hamilton will struggle to get the better of supremely talented team-mate Charles Leclerc, but now the seven

Red Bull insider exposes data showing Lewis Hamilton trailing Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc. Can the F1 legend overcome early struggles and reignite his title bid?