Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari
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MustangGT said:
asfault said:
2021 slam dunk robbed
2007 nah although mclaren rook points off each other with their driver so threw it away
2007, Yes, robbed because McLaren were not allowed to have a WDC because of Stepney-gate. The China incident was engineered by the team.2007 nah although mclaren rook points off each other with their driver so threw it away
Max cant be considered the greatest till he takes all the red bull tech team with him to a different team and wins.
So thats a bit like shumi then. He was very anonymous at mercedes without them all.
As for fangio, in a very basic sport he just jumped ship to another team he probably noticed was good enough when he was racing against them.
Look at Senna. Moved to Williams, got killed adfter 3 races and the world was stuck with tragic williams driver stories.
At least they stopped carrying his name on the car eventually to stop making him look bad and he can be remembered as the mclaren driver again.
I guess if you need the money or find out they secretly hate you you could go for the big payday somewhere else.
So thats a bit like shumi then. He was very anonymous at mercedes without them all.
As for fangio, in a very basic sport he just jumped ship to another team he probably noticed was good enough when he was racing against them.
Look at Senna. Moved to Williams, got killed adfter 3 races and the world was stuck with tragic williams driver stories.
At least they stopped carrying his name on the car eventually to stop making him look bad and he can be remembered as the mclaren driver again.
I guess if you need the money or find out they secretly hate you you could go for the big payday somewhere else.
Autosport are reporting that Lewis Hamilton is to sign for Ferrari for 2025, by the end of the week here
I guess if this is true and Red Bull are still dominant this will spice things up a bit for 2025!
I guess if this is true and Red Bull are still dominant this will spice things up a bit for 2025!
Edited by gshughes on Thursday 1st February 09:53
Edited by gshughes on Thursday 1st February 10:04
Can’t see it myself.
Personally, if I were in his racing shoes I’d stick with the team that’s won a hatful of championships in the past decade, rather than the team that hasn’t won since 2008, and that regularly throws away good results with poor strategy and unreliability.
Five years ago maybe I could have seen it, but Lewis is 39 now and likely can’t wait for them to rebuild the whole team around him, as Schumacher did two decades ago.
Personally, if I were in his racing shoes I’d stick with the team that’s won a hatful of championships in the past decade, rather than the team that hasn’t won since 2008, and that regularly throws away good results with poor strategy and unreliability.
Five years ago maybe I could have seen it, but Lewis is 39 now and likely can’t wait for them to rebuild the whole team around him, as Schumacher did two decades ago.
Thanks for the heads up - much needed. I will use the time to prepare a bunch of plausible reasons ready to justify why I dislike Hamilton, Ferrari, their team principle, and their approach to competing to disguise and/or justify my racist position on Hamilton. Suddenly i will have no issue whatsoever with Mercedes F1.
More seriously, I wonder if Bono will go with him. I think he might.
Autosport is not some random twitter F1 fake journo, they are historically reputable for this sort of thing.
More seriously, I wonder if Bono will go with him. I think he might.
Autosport is not some random twitter F1 fake journo, they are historically reputable for this sort of thing.
Edited by PlywoodPascal on Thursday 1st February 10:06
PlywoodPascal said:
Yep.... If Autosport say it's happening it's very likely it will!My Guess is Ferrari chucking a very large amount of money at him, and Hamilton wanting to scratch an itch.
Could help Ferrari having a WDC on the books again. Whilst Leclerc and Sainz are good pedlars, do they know how to put a world championship together?
Sandpit Steve said:
Can’t see it myself.
Personally, if I were in his racing shoes I’d stick with the team that’s won a hatful of championships in the past decade, rather than the team that hasn’t won since 2008, and that regularly throws away good results with poor strategy and unreliability.
Five years ago maybe I could have seen it, but Lewis is 39 now and likely can’t wait for them to rebuild the whole team around him, as Schumacher did two decades ago.
I canPersonally, if I were in his racing shoes I’d stick with the team that’s won a hatful of championships in the past decade, rather than the team that hasn’t won since 2008, and that regularly throws away good results with poor strategy and unreliability.
Five years ago maybe I could have seen it, but Lewis is 39 now and likely can’t wait for them to rebuild the whole team around him, as Schumacher did two decades ago.
Its happened before, driver ends career at Ferrari just so they can be a Ferrari driver. If Hamilton doesn't feel Merc can give him a winning car then he might as well not win at Ferrari as not win at Merc
However, if Mercedes have a winning car...
MitchT said:
The direction in which Ferrari's brand is heading, combined with Hamilton's off track persona would, I imagine, provide a happy partnership way beyond Hamilton's F1 driving career. I can see it happening.
I do wonder if this is more to do with what the offered him after he retires from racing. Brand ambassador, clothing lines, that sort of thing. I doubt he'd believe any promises of a championship winning car.MitchT said:
The direction in which Ferrari's brand is heading, combined with Hamilton's off track persona would, I imagine, provide a happy partnership way beyond Hamilton's F1 driving career. I can see it happening.
Is it? These seem like polar opposites to me. Ferrari ban you for even talking about coilovers near one of their cars let alone slamming it then slapping 23 inch spinners and neon on it.
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