Charles Leclerc has explained why his request for Lewis Hamilton to drop back and give him DRS was denied in the later stages of the Imola race. The two drivers were next to each other late in the Italian race but Leclerc’s request for Hamilton to give him DRS was turned down.

Lewis Hamilton revels in ‘sea of red’ reception from Ferrari fans in Imola - The 40-year-old showed great pace to finish fourth in a chaotic Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Hamilton's shock pole-to-flag victory in Shanghai proved to be an outlier in what has otherwise been a difficult campaign that has not brought the results he was hoping to achieve