The bombshell news of Lewis Hamilton’s 2025 move to Ferrari has thrown down the gauntlet to Mercedes in incendiary fashion. Just moving to Ferrari might have been enough for a driver as captured by the Italian team’s legend as Hamilton. But whether Hamilton might be able to achieve all that at Ferrari remains another matter. But a key reunion which may have aided Ferrari’s play for Hamilton will be with team principal Frederic Vasseur. Hamilton – always in step with the Ferrari icon – will no doubt be remembering the four-season gap between the 55-year-old German icon joining the Scuderia and winning his first world championship in their colours.

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