The 2025 Method 1 season is simply across the nook, and all groups are working at full capability to organize for the upcoming championship. Some glimpses of what’s to come back had been seen in the course of the post-season exams in Abu Dhabi on the 5.281-kilometre Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, the place consideration centered on drivers debuting with their new groups: Carlos Sainz at Williams, Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg at Sauber, and Esteban Ocon at Haas. Nonetheless, regardless of altering groups, Lewis Hamilton hasn’t but skilled Ferrari, which as an alternative entrusted the automotive to Charles Leclerc (for tire exams) and reserve drivers Arthur Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco.
Lewis Hamilton absent… however current
The seven-time Method 1 world champion was notably absent, not collaborating within the exams with both Mercedes or Ferrari, as he wasn’t licensed to start work with the Scuderia earlier than his contract with Stuttgart expired. Thus, his debut within the pink go well with will are available 2025, when he’s formally a Ferrari driver. But, even with out being within the Ferrari storage, Sir Lewis is already a central subject inside his new staff, each for latest occasions and for discussions on the Scuderia’s Christmas lunch, the place the British driver was the main target of many questions directed at staff principal Fred Vasseur.
Italian journalist and Ferrari insider Leo Turrini mentioned “The Hammer’s” arrival in Italy on his weblog “Profondo Rosso,” emphasizing that no driver with a comparable résumé has ever pushed for Ferrari, and just one driver older than him (40 years in January) has ever received a title.
“On January 7, Hamilton will flip 40. Maybe we have to begin there […] to attempt to perceive the expectations and fears surrounding his arrival at Maranello. […] By no means earlier than has a Ferrari driver include credentials like his. […] Solely as soon as has a driver older than him received the championship in a Ferrari: Juan Manuel Fangio. […] Right this moment, the grid is dominated by the PlayStation Technology. Verstappen is a legend, Norris and Piastri are lurking, and Bearman, Bortoleto, and Kimi Antonelli are on their manner. […] After which there’s Charles Leclerc, who’s twelve years youthful than his new teammate…”
Lewis, the last word problem
Leo Turrini additionally identified that Lewis Hamilton will purpose for the last word problem: returning to success and clinching an eighth title, cementing his legacy with Ferrari, pushed by his undiminished expertise and a promise from chairman John Elkann to ship success with two top-tier drivers.
“Lewis Hamilton received’t cease with out giving every thing he has for the last word achievement: reaching eight titles. […] Ferrari at 40 is the ultimate gamble, the last word act of poetic braveness. Ferrari isn’t in a greater place both. […] The Girl in Pink hasn’t been in competition for a era. […] Hamilton […] could also be barely much less sharp in qualifying than he as soon as was, however his expertise stays intact, as does his bodily situation. Add monumental motivation, and the cocktail is ideal. […] In January, he’ll make his debut in a Ferrari […] he can’t wait. […] After the deal was made official […] I had a chat with John Elkann. I informed him: with drivers like Hamilton and Leclerc, you may’t not give them a profitable automotive. […] His response was a promise.” – the Italian journalist concluded.
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