Lewis Hamilton’s old rival Felipe Massa has been scornful about his hopes of performing well at Ferrari.

Massa, who battled the British driver for the 2008 world title, has said: “He’s an exceptional driver. He has practically all the records in F1. But lately, he doesn’t demonstrate all the same things he demonstrated before.

“It happens a lot nowadays, his teammate ahead of him in the classification. I’s not an easy competition he will face next year with Leclerc, who is a talent. This is a point where age can weigh in.”