MotorMouth – Inside Hamilton’s shock Ferrari move, fuelled by Schumacher rivalry with F1 star to be frozen out of Mercedes meetingsMercedes were so caught out by the killer blow that they hurriedly briefed their staff on Thursday that their star driver was off

Source: THESUN

01.02.24

Inside Hamilton’s shock Ferrari move, fuelled by Schumacher rivalry with F1 star to be frozen out of Mercedes meetingsMercedes were so caught out by the killer blow that they hurriedly briefed their staff on Thursday that their star driver was off

THERE is a delicious irony in Lewis Hamilton deciding his best chance of a record eighth F1 title lies with Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari team. Just as Schumacher did when he joined Ferrari in 1996, Hamilton has the potential to galvanise the Italian team and turn them into world-beaters. New rules are coming in for 2026 — and Hamilton is going a year earlier.This time, Fred Vasseur delivered the pitch and Hamilton knows the Ferrari team principal well, having won the GP2 title in 2006 for his ART team. A good debut season in F2 could sway Mercedes into taking a risk on him for 2025. But one thing for sure — Hamilton will want to go out with a bang.

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