Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that Ferrari have found an issue with their car but is hopeful of a remedy for the next race in Bahrain. The seven-time F1 world champion, who qualified eighth on the grid, finished the Japanese Grand Prix in seventh after a largely uneventful race at Suzuka.

Lewis Hamilton has been defended for his mixed start to life at Ferrari by Le Mans driver Jamie Chadwick. "I think the partnership has exceeded expectations in some ways. "What we saw in China was a big step in just two races to be performing like that," she told Sky Sports.