Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, which will take place in 2025, is already being hailed by the motorsport press as the biggest news in a long time and even draws historical parallels with Benetton’s Michael Schumacher’s decision to move to Ferrari in 1996 or earlier. event – the signing of Ayrton Senna has a contract with Williams.
The great Brazilian racer could have accepted Frank Williams’ offer in 1991, but decided to invest a little more time in Ron Dennis’ team, mainly because he wanted to remain loyal to Honda and the then management of the Japanese company. .
Of course, Damon Hill knows all this well, because he was Senna’s teammate at Williams, albeit not for long. Therefore, in his comments on the news about Hamilton, the 1996 world champion made it clear that Lewis’ decision was influenced by all kinds of circumstances and considerations.
“Lewis decided the direction his career would take,” Hill told Sky Sports. “And this didn’t happen because Mercedes said to him: ‘Actually, we signed a contract with another driver.” Although this is exactly what happened to me at Williams (Hill means that when he won the title, Williams refused his services and Heinz-Harald Frentzen took his place in 1997).
I think what we know about Lewis’s decision is that it is motivated by the benefits that life as a Ferrari driver brings, the romantic element linked to the brand’s history, etc. This is all true, but I believe there is something else going on: in my opinion we should talk about the first signs that Ferrari is becoming an increasingly competitive team.
Maranello is starting to put all the necessary elements together and is starting to get results. If I had to choose between Mercedes and Ferrari, I would choose Ferrari to try something new.”
At the end of last season, Ferrari took third place in the Constructors’ Championship, losing only three points to Mercedes, and in the last races of the championship it was either ahead of the factory team of the Stuttgart concern or fighting with it. equal terms.
Moreover, only Carlos Sainz managed to break the streak of victories for Red Bull drivers, mainly Max Verstappen, and win in Singapore, while the Mercedes representative last climbed to the top step of the podium in 2022, when George Russell took the Brazilian Grand Prix won. Price. Lewis has not won a race for more than two years.
Source: F1 News
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