Lewis Hamilton’s signing with Ferrari at the start of the month was, of course, in Formula 1 Decade news. The Englishman, who is facing his eleventh season at Mercedes, will leave the team he has made championship history at the end of 2024, for Ferrari in 2025, which promises to be historic.
The seven-time world champion spoke for the first time about his move to Ferrari. “For any driver, growing up and seeing the history that Michael Schumacher made is something we all wanted. “We go to the Italian Grand Prix and we see a red sea of Italian fans,” Hamilton said, it is reported AS.com.
Hamilton wants to get the Italians back to winning ways, just like Schumacher did in his day. He will be the third World Champion to try after Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. “It is a team that has not had great success in practice since the time of Michael, and since 2007. For me it is a big challenge. It is a dream and I am very happy. I have never been to Maranello. I bought my first Ferrari in 2010 and it was the first gift I gave myself. But I couldn’t go, it wasn’t a good idea to have a Mercedes,” added the British driver.
Furthermore, Hamilton took the opportunity to talk about his relationship with Frederic Vasseur, the manager of the Ferrari team, and believes that without him, this signing would not have been possible. “I have a good relationship with Vasseur, I raced with him in F3. We had a lot of success, and also in GP2. That’s when our relationship was born. We kept in touch, I thought he would be a good game manager. It was good that he continued Alfa Romeo and then Ferrari. The planets aligned, it wouldn’t have happened without him. I am pleased with the work he is doing there,” concluded the seven-time world champion.