The ideal next Ferrari driver signing has been proposed by Bernie Ecclestone. Meanwhile, Ferrari feels Lewis Hamilton has been lacking the rub of the green in recent times. All this and more, so let’s get to it.

According to Ecclestone, he is the obvious Hamilton successor. "Bortoleto's good performances in a midfield team like Sauber should really wake Ferrari up now,” he told Swiss news outlet Blick. “The Italians' next driver question has to be resolved with the Brazilian."