Hamilton in Ferrari, Di Resta; “Something convinced him to accept” | F1

Hamilton in Ferrari: the different opinions

There are many points of view on the reasons behind this Lewis Hamilton to sign a multi-year contract with Ferrari starting from 2025. For several commentators and enthusiasts, the 39-year-old's choice is equivalent to the desire to simply end his career with a flourish with a historic team, considered by Hamilton himself 'a childhood dream' despite the fact that the seven-time world champion began his association with the German company at just 12 years of age.

However, for others, the move to Maranello could hide something else. Is it possible that the winner of 103 GPs saw Ferrari as the ideal point of reference to return to success and interrupt Red Bull's dominance with the regulatory change expected in 2026? A move, the one that will take place next season, which in some way recalls the same one that the Stevenage driver implemented in 2013when he passed by in a Mercedes waving to the McLaren little before the introduction of power units. A choice considered risky and risky, like the one made official in February, but which proved decisive for the six world championships won by the Briton with the Brackley team.

With Vasseur twenty years later

Furthermore, in Ferrari Hamilton will find a familiar face like that of the Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur. Co-founder of the ART Grand Prix together with Nicolas Todt, the French engineer welcomed the current #44 into the team, who won the GP3 and GP2 titles in 2005 and 2006 before making his debut in F1, immediately coming close to winning victory of the world championship also in the top series. So will Vasseur be the right man for Hamilton? Is there something about Ferrari that convinced the Englishman to start a new adventure in Maranello?

Di Resta's conviction

He is sure of this Paul di Restaformer Scottish F1 driver who became DTM champion in 2010, as well as a success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 series ten years later: “I think I might have expected it at some point, given the situation Lewis finds himself in – he declared to sport.de referring to the transfer to Ferrari – but at the same time, for someone who has been in Formula 1 and been so successful, who has driven a car powered by a Mercedes engine for every lap and every success he has achieved, to change at this point in his career I think is something important. I believe Vasseur is a born rider. I've raced with him, as Lewis did years ago, and I know how he behaves. If he is he the right man? Time will tell. What if they need a stronger personality? This is what we will see in 10 years and say: “Well, was that the right thing?” Lewis was obviously convinced, he was given confidence, he was given something that pushed him. I think it's great news for motorsport and for Formula 1 to see that he's gone there, and I think it would be another step forward if he went on to win another title with Ferrari to seal what has been an incredible career, but it's an important task.”