We could start by saying that Hamilton’s signing for Ferrari is the chronicle of a death foretoldbut no one expected it at this point in the season when the teams have not even presented themselves and preseason training has not even begun.
If the change of stickers for 2025 is confirmed, the announcement will undoubtedly come at the wrong time and will surely affect Mercedes’ season so much that I don’t know to what extent the seven-time world champion, and Carlos Sainz, who would be able to get out of the car, He will have to fight in a team that does not want him, despite being the only one who succeeded last year beat the Red Bulls and get to the top of the podium.
I do not envy the morning that they must be experiencing at Mercedes and in particular the team boss Toto Wolff, and since last May the English driver has been denying that he had any intention of leaving the silver arrows. In May of last year it was the first time that Wolff He had to go out to the press to deny the rumors that placed Hamilton in the Italian team in 2024 and the conversation of ’44 confessing to his boss that he had had dinner with the president of Ferrari was also notable. That was almost like a soap opera script, Hamilton assured Wolff that there was nothing, that it had only been a dinner and that it was nothing more than gossip.
A dinner that took place a few weeks after the English driver renewed with Mercedes for two seasons for the juicy figure of 40 millionbut with a clause from which the driver could reduce the contract to one year depending on the team’s results during the season.
Well, the season has not even started yet and according to the Italian press and a large number of accredited voices, the operation is closed in the absence of some minimal details. Leaking the news a few days before the teams’ presentation is a bombshell that could affect the season. If I worked at Mercedes I would see the option of removing Hamilton from the garage so that he could not access the technical advances, taking into account that the following year he can take the secrets to Ferrari, eager for new development ideas.
For Carlos Sainz, a hard-working, constant driver who still has a lot of room for improvement, it will not be an easy season either. Now we know why the renewal was being delayed and why some voices were beginning to link the Madrid native with Red Bull, Mercedes or Aston Martin. Although Carlos has been the one who has pushed the car the most and has achieved more points and more visibility for Ferrari, in the end it will be Leclerc who stays. Although given what has been seen in the Prancing Horse team, they may be doing Carlos a favor. We’ll see how the always impeccable Hamilton reacts when Ferrari decides to do its thing with wheel changes or strategies. Surely he remembers the neatness and accuracy of the Germans from Mercedes.
2024-02-01 10:12:10
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