Many stars from the world of sports have decided to announce that, at the end of the season, they will change their scene. He has said it Jürgen Klopptechnician Liverpool; she said it not long ago Xavier Hernandez‘mister’ of FC Barcelona; she just recognized it Carlos Sainz Jr.who will leave Ferrari at the end of the year and yesterday we learned, by the grace of the ‘Scuderia’ what Lewis Hamilton will be the big star of Ferrari’s 2025 project.
The operation from Hamilton to Ferrari is an operation of tremendous depth, of stratospheric numbers, not only economic, not only business, not only of commercial impact but also on a media level, of planetary magnitude.
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Hamilton’s signing for Ferrari goes far beyond racing and a desperate attempt, both on the part of the seven-time world champion, who is chasing his eighth title to break the tie with the legendary (and still alive) Michael Schumacheras by the legendary brand of the popular Enzo Ferrariwho has not won the title since 2007, with Kimi Raikkonen.
But that’s just car racing. Winning in F1 means selling more cars and Ferrari, last year, already broke all its records by earning 1,257 million euros. And if the business of the Maranello firm, now presided over by the extravagant and modern John Elkanngrandson of the legendary Gianni Agnelli, goes far beyond luxury cars and sports cars, entering the world of fashion and accessories, having someone like Hamilton as an image, as the best advertisement, means total triumph. We must not forget that Hamilton has 29 million followers on social networks. How would Bernie Ecclestone“Hamilton is the driver I want, the one F-1 needs, someone who transcends our ‘circus’ and has a global image.”
The agreement is tremendous for Ferrari in every sense and it is for Hamilton who will conclude his sporting career where everyone wants to end it, in the signing of the ‘Prancing Horse’trying to become the greatest driver in history, something he is on his way to achieving since no one has won the 103 grand prizes that he has.
As the British champion said very well yesterday Damon Hill (1996) to the Sky Sports network, “Lewis has the instinct to know which way the wind blows. He was already right when he changed from McLaren to Mercedes and it seems that he will be right this time again, because if he suspected that he could win the title, in 2025, with Mercedes he would not leave.”
At 39 years old, Hamilton, who is five or six multinationals combined, hence his last salary at the star’s brand is 40 million euros per year, believes that he still has two or three years left at full capacity and with the possibility of keep winning.
It is evident that the example of Fernando Alonsowho is 42, stimulates him a lot and shows him that, despite the fact that extremely valuable young people have arrived in F1 such as Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri o George Russellthe truth is that when at the end of the year the secret vote among all the drivers on the grid To find out who the three best were for them, the podium was Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton y Fernando Alonsofor something will be.
“Lewis has the instinct to know which way the wind is blowing. He was already right when he switched from McLaren to Mercedes and it seems that, this time, he will be right again”
Sainz’s announcement and Hamilton’s, which will change the ‘silver arrow’ for the reddest car of all, will make Mercedes, especially, start moving now! to find the best possible partner for the promising Russell, who looks like a future champion. It must be taken into account that Mercedes will save, in 2025, a good part of the 40 million euros it pays Hamilton. There are only three drivers who do not have a contract for 2025 and, therefore, could dream of the German midfielder: Alonso, Sainz y Alexander Albondriver of the discreet Williams.
There is no doubt that Alonso, who has driven for the whole world and would only need to do so for the Mercedes firm, has been thinking about the issue for a few days now, since the drivers have been the first to know, for many weeks now, that Hamilton was going to change scene in 2025.
The ‘nano’, with a contract in Aston Martin until the end of this year, could be the ideal couple for This Wolfhead of Mercedes F1, who has always praised, not only the career of the two-time Asturian champion, but also his very high performance at the age of 42.
“Fernando is an example for everyone and continues to perform at a very high level. I think that athletes like Fernando, Tom Brady, Lebron James, Cristiano, Messi, Rafael Nadal o Lewis (Hamilton) are breaking barriers because they will reach beyond 40 in full shape, because they take good care of themselves, have adequate nutrition, do not stop training hard and carefully control their rest,” Wolf recently noted.
“I want Alonso to sign for Mercedes, I have been in love with him since we formed a team in 2015 and 2016,” he said openly. Jenson Button. “Fernando is 42 years old, but the hunger is still there and if the hunger is there, the physical fitness is there.”
It seems much more certain that Mercedes will have a winning car in 2025 than Aston Martin will, despite having invested a lot of money in its new headquarters and a new wind tunnel. And, furthermore, the appearance of Alonso on Mercedes’ radar would have another strategic justification both on the part of Sainz Jr. and on the side of the powerful firm. Audiwhich is investing real fortunes in its F-1 engine with which it hopes to debut, in 2026, after acquiring the historic team Sauber.
“I want to see Fernando in Mercedes. Fernando is 42 years old, but the hunger is still there and if the hunger is there, the physical form is there”
It is evident that the sudden movement of Hamilton and Ferrari will make Audi consider, most likely, bringing forward its appearance on the F1 grid even if, in its first year (2025), it does so under the umbrella and name of Sauber. This is where, perhaps, Sainz Jr. has an important role to play, since if the son of the ‘Matador’recent winner of the Dakar with a revolutionary Audi, it is in his enormous capacity, inherited, without a doubt, from his father, to evolve, improve and direct the birth of a new car.
It is evident that the third free man, Alexander Albon, will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to get into the second Mercedes in 2025.
2024-02-01 23:30:18
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