The new SF-24 single-seater has appeared in the first tests for Ferrari ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, the duo from the Scuderia, will try to compete against Red Bull in their final year together. Frédéric Vasseur, the team principal of the Prancing Horse, spoke specifically about Lewis Hamilton and his arrival at Ferrari in 2025.
Winning seven world titles, matching an absolute legend of this sport like Michael Schumacher, already makes you an icon, but wearing red and winning with the red car makes you a legend. Lewis Hamilton knows this well. Despite a glorious decade with Mercedes, he has decided to embrace the project of the Maranello team at the age of forty, closing a remarkable career and putting the cherry on top, regardless of on-track results.
The goal is clear: to bring the Prancing Horse back to the top of the world and fulfill the dream of the eighth title, which slipped away in the dramatic finale in Abu Dhabi three years ago.
Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari to complete the circle
“I believe that the move that brought Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari was quite natural in the end,” says Frederic Vasseur in an interview with Carlo Vanzini for Sky Sport.
“He has been part of the McLaren family and then the Mercedes family, with two different paths, but I think he always had in mind the idea that, to complete the circle, he would have to come to Maranello. I also think that from our perspective, it made sense to take a driver of his experience and with such a prestigious palmares. I believe he can be a reference point for the team’s development in the future.” – the Ferrari team boss pointed out.
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For every incoming driver, there’s also one leaving, with Carlos Sainz, despite all signs pointing to an almost certain renewal, leaving the team at the end of the 2024 Formula One season and as of now, he has not yet announced his new destination.
Nevertheless, the manager from France is not afraid that the news could have repercussions on the two drivers: “Carlos Sainz understands the situation, and I’m sure he will perform well until the last corner of the season. Charles Leclerc is a smart guy. He immediately understood what he can achieve and learn from this collaboration. He sees it more as an opportunity.” – the Ferrari team principal concluded.
If the Monegasque can still be calm, armed with the multi-year renewal signed just before the sensational rumor about Lewis Hamilton, the Spaniard is still one of the sought-after drivers on the market, with Audi being the most credited hypothesis to date.
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