The hardest choice
The 2024 season has yet to begin, with the first GP scheduled for next Saturday in Bahrain, but many Ferrari fans are already thinking ahead to 2025when the Scuderia line-up will be composed of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. The hiring of the seven-time world champion by Cavallino shocked many fans and today in Sakhir, in the traditional mid-day press conference during day-3 of the pre-season tests, it was Hamilton himself who directly addressed the topic, not shying away from journalists' questions.
The veteran from Stevenage – who had signed the contract renewal with Mercedes only a few months ago – explained in detail how the opportunity to make this unexpected move developedwhich pushed him to leave the team with which he won six of his seven world titles: “At the time [del rinnovo] obviously I saw my future with Mercedes. But at the end of the year new opportunities opened up and I decided to take them. It was the hardest decision of my life.”Hamilton said.
A new chapter
“I am proud of the results achieved with Mercedes – he added – but I had the feeling that the time had come to write a new chapter“. Then #44 recalled his youthful years, when on TV Sunday after Sunday he too admired Kaiser Schumi's successes in red: “Like all drivers I watched Michael Schumacher in his youth, in his heyday. I thought about what it would be like for him to drive red one day“.
Fundamental vasseur
Hamilton finally underlined how he had a The presence of Fred Vasseur played a big role in his choice as team principal. In fact, the French manager has been linked to Hamilton since the youth categories: “I raced with him and we had extraordinary success in F3 and also in GP2 – recalled the future Ferrari driver – we always stayed in touch. When he got the job at Ferrari, I was very happy for him. I believe the stars have aligned and that wouldn't have happened [il trasferimento in Ferrari] without him. So I'm very grateful to him and I'm really excited about the work that he's doing“.
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