The seven-time world champion is still waiting for his first podium finish this season amid atough start to lifeat his new team.

3Jaime Alguersuari [left] has slammed Ferrari as ‘not a winning team’Credit: GettyBut despite being just five races into his two-year deal, Red Bull’s former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari reckonsHamiltonwill quit Ferrari.

Alguersuari, who featured in 46F1races between 2009 and 2011, told theAfter Lap Podcast: “I have the feeling that Hamilton, he’s going to leave.

“I don’t know why I’m taking a risk by saying this.”But I have the feeling that he’s like, his time has passed, that he’s already won a lot, that he’s already won everything and that he’s saying: ‘OK, I’ve gone to Ferrari to try and see what happens in 2026.’”

Ferrari last won a constructors’ title 17 years ago and Alguersuari seemed to suggest joining them was a poor move for Hamilton if he wants to surpassMichael Schumacher’s seven world titles.He added: “Ferrariis not a winning team. A team is a team that wins races, but it is not a winning team. They have not won since 2008.”They may have a competitive car, they may have a competitive team, but they don’t have a winning team. There is a difference.”Alguersuari’s comments come as Hamilton cut a frustrated figure after finishing seventh at theSaudi Arabian Grand Prixlast Sunday.