Frédéric Vasseur, director of Scuderia Ferrari, assures that Lewis Hamilton will arrive at Ferrari in 2025 with the firm intention of winning.
This is a page in F1 that will turn next season. Indeed, after 12 seasons spent at Mercedes and 18 seasons at the wheel of a single-seater powered by a Mercedes engine, Lewis Hamilton will join Scuderia Ferrari and add his name even further to the legend of our sport.
The one who won a World Champion title with McLaren in 2008 and six others between 2014 and 2020, will launch a new challenge, winning an eighth crown, but this time with Ferrari.
Defeated at the wire in 2021 by Max Verstappen, the seven-time world champion could only helplessly witness, in the following years, the domination of the Red Bull driver. In difficulty with Mercedes, the Briton will join a team which is on the rise at the end of the 2024 season. According to Frédéric Vasseur, director of the Italian team, the seven-time World Champion, arrives with big ambitions in Maranello and ensures that Ferrari has always been in the back of the English driver's mind.
“It wasn’t difficult [de le faire signer chez Ferrari]In fact. In a way, Ferrari has always been on his mind and now the stars have aligned.”
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“But he comes to win, not for the holidays”Vasseur told La Gazzetta. “And I am convinced that we have everything we need to try.”
In 2025, the most successful driver, still active, will join the most successful team in F1 history, enough to make many F1 fans dream, whether they are Tifosi or not.
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