Excitement is building ahead of this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, with several stars heading into the weekend in great form. Just twelve points separates Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the top of the Drivers' Championship standings, and the trio have it all to play for in the United States.

From the moment Lewis Hamilton strode through the gates at Ferrari’s historic Maranello campus outside Modena, Italy, he became the star of his own Italian opera. The hero, the greatest driver Formula One has ever known,

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has vehemently defended his star driver and insisted the team will do everything to support Hamilton, who is currently being convincingly outperformed by teammate Charles Leclerc.