After speaking Italian in a speech to his Ferrari colleagues, Lewis Hamilton has done something which Michael Schumacher allegedly avoided – at least to start with.

Lewis Hamilton speech sparks Michael Schumacher Ferrari claim

Recalling a story from 2004 in his Quotidiano.net blog, Turrini wrote: “Spring 2004. Historically, the most beautiful season for Ferrari in F1. The municipality of Fiorano invited me to conduct a public ceremony: Jean Todt, Rubens Barrichello, and Schumi were being granted honorary citizenship.