The Italian F1 media have delivered their verdict on Lewis Hamilton ’s performance at the Belgian Grand Prix after a nightmare Spa weekend. Hamilton suffered not one, but two early exits from qualifying in Belgium, and started Sunday’s grand prix from the pitlane after picking up zero points from the sprint.

Lewis Hamilton’s Belgian GP weekend got off to the worst possible start as the seven-time World Champion suffered a shock elimination in SQ1 for the Sprint event. It marked the first time since the introduction of the Sprint format that a Ferrari driver had failed to progress past the opening session — an unwanted record Hamilton certainly did not expect to own.