Former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi has criticised Lewis Hamilton’s “attitude” after he failed to offer teammate Charles Leclerc a tow in qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix.

Hamilton entered the Italian Grand Prix with a five-place grid penalty hanging over him following a safety breach at the previous race in the Netherlands, where he failed to slow sufficiently for double-yellow flags.

Lewis Hamilton ‘attitude’ questioned after Charles Leclerc denied Monza tow

With a tow worth valuable lap time at the high-speed Monza circuit, it was expected that Hamilton would sacrifice himself to aid Leclerc’s hopes of securing pole position at Ferrari’s home race.

However, Leclerc was positioned second in the queue of cars – behind only Yuki Tsunoda’s Red Bull. which was nursing a reliability issu

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