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Interesting; Steiner in to replace him? Lol
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Interesting; Steiner in to replace him? Lol
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Have we ever had silly season start before the actual race season before ?
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Wasn't there another really early move announced by Ferrari before? I'm thinking it might have been Alonso actually
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Comfortably the best they've had since Schumacher left, I'd say, although I can see an argument for Alonso/Massa I can't see any decent argument that Leclerc/Sainz is worse than Vettel/Räikkönen given our easily Leclerc outclassed Vettel.
I embrace the shake up! I think we need it. I'm surprised Lewis did not synchronize with the start of the 2026 season with major rule changes and completely new cars again. Perhaps - like when he moved from Mclaren to Merc - he knows something we don't about the strength of the Ferrari 2026 car. Or...hopefully 2025 will be the year all other teams have caught up with Redbull in this reg period being the last year of it, and Lewis and Leclerc can challenge Max properly.
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I wonder if Ferrari told Charles this was on the cards before he signed his new long term deal......
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Needs a year inside the team to build the new car around him for 26.
Alonso dragged that PoS 2014 Ferrari into positions it didn't deserve.
I'm still hoping for a Leclerc WDC - he definitely has the potential.
They don't build cars around drivers.
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Nah, its a done deal, the way its being talked about in the media now is almost 100% confirmed
Holy crap
Lewis Hamilton to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for 2025 Formula 1 season
Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari next year and replace Carlos Sainz in a shock move; Hamilton signed a two-year contract with Mercedes which expires at the end of 2025 but he will spend just one more season with the team; watch every F1 race in 2024 live on Sky Sports F1
Yeah, but Massa drags the pairing down compared to Sainz, imo.
Quickest driver on the grid in raw pace, I think, but lacks the all round performance... for now.
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This feels way beyond the silly season rumours; its clearly already been leaked to some friendly journo's
Just rehashing more rumours. Still no official announcement.
Does that practically hand Red Bull the 2024 and 25 season. Neither Hamilton or Sainz are going to be involved in the decision making for for next seasons cars.
Does that practically hand Red Bull the 2024 and 25 season. Neither Hamilton or Sainz are going to be involved in the decision making for for next seasons cars.
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And consistency; makes far too many mistakes at important moments
That's still just speculation.Holy crap
Lewis Hamilton to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for 2025 Formula 1 season
Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari next year and replace Carlos Sainz in a shock move; Hamilton signed a two-year contract with Mercedes which expires at the end of 2025 but he will spend just one more season with the team; watch every F1 race in 2024 live on Sky Sports F1www.skysports.com
"Hamilton's current contract with Mercedes is due to expire at the end of 2025 but he will depart the team after this season and replace Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, Sky Sports News understands."
The important word there is 'almost'.
I have no real doubts it's happening but it's still not actually confirmed by the people who matter.
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Im a little torn on how well I think he could do relative to Lerclec.
Leclerc is a lot younger and thus you'd expect him to outqualify Hamilton more often than not but for sizeable chunks of last season Sainz outperformed him in race trim... thus one would assume Hamilton would also have similar success. Who knows though, Leclerc is fully embedded within the team, will probably be more used to the way the Ferrari drives and may well have sorted out his inconsistency issues by the time Hamilton arrives.
If he could get a few wins for Ferrari before retiring id consider that a success. I think a championship is pushing it.
Leclerc is a lot younger and thus you'd expect him to outqualify Hamilton more often than not but for sizeable chunks of last season Sainz outperformed him in race trim... thus one would assume Hamilton would also have similar success. Who knows though, Leclerc is fully embedded within the team, will probably be more used to the way the Ferrari drives and may well have sorted out his inconsistency issues by the time Hamilton arrives.
If he could get a few wins for Ferrari before retiring id consider that a success. I think a championship is pushing it.