Will Ferrari be the final destination for F1 legend Hamilton?
Mar.24 - There is no room at Red Bull for Lewis Hamilton, according to team boss Christian Horner.
38-year-old Hamilton's contract negotiations with Mercedes chief Toto Wolff are currently in a period of long delay - coinciding with ongoing car struggles and the impressive performance of teammate George Russell.
It has all given rise to rumours the seven time world champion may be looking to switch teams.
"What he has achieved in F1 is second to none," Horner told Sky News.
"But we are very happy with the drivers we have," he said, referring to back-to-back world champion and Sergio Perez, who won the Saudi Arabian GP from pole.
"They are committed as a pair for this and next season so I can't see where we would be able to accommodate Lewis," Horner added.
"I am sure they will sort their issues out and we are certainly not writing him off yet."
Ferrari would make much more sense as a next destination for Hamilton, according to former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan.
"F1 needs Lewis Hamilton in a Ferrari and Ferrari needs Lewis Hamilton," he told OLBG.
"At the moment, there's no contract signed and Toto Wolff said if he was Hamilton he would consider leaving. What would I be thinking if I was Hamilton, am I really loved here?" Jordan added.
Hamilton-to-Ferrari would tie in with suggestions Charles Leclerc is growing particularly impatient with life at Maranello.
The Monaco-born driver, however, denies he might be eyeing Hamilton's place.
"I want to become world champion with Ferrari," he told Quotidiano Nazaionale. "There's no need to dramatise.
"Yes, we didn't have the best start to the season. But no one on the team is going to give up. I believe that we will succeed," Leclerc insists.
Even Red Bull's Horner thinks Mercedes and Ferrari will once again be in a position to challenge at the very front.
"We are hearing about Mercedes upgrades and I am sure Ferrari won't be completely happy with their current position either," he said.
"The regulations are still relatively young so I am expecting to see a number of conversions over the year and I am expecting the grid to tighten up."
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Hamilton wont be loved in ,Italy,The Italian press would eat her for breakfast,pasta and vino .Eddie is rarely wrong though and might be fun, watching Hannah learn Italian
If Mercedes engineering team didn’t listen to him, Maranello may be a real challenge as well. Be careful what you hope for, Lew.
If weve told you once,weve told you a hundred times signorina "Amilton... No you cant get a meeting with the Pope, Basta,Capische, and stop wearing those dresses your putting off the mechanics.
🤮Ferrari don't need this guy
It will all be about money, RB saying no room? If the money is right it will happen, every contract is buyable out of , be interesting to watch what happens.
I doubt.
The headline ought to read: "Will Ferrari be the final resting place for F1 Legend Dame Lucille".
After all, nowadays, Ferrari is where a driver goes for their career to die.
I remember a certain German driver showing up at Ferrari, and participating in the Phoenix-like rejuvenation of that Constructor to World Beating status. I remember him saying things like: "We see areas that need work, and we're working on them." I don't recall Michael whinging about not winning, race-in, race-out.
Well, the Chuckster is from an entitled generation of youths that have a conversation over dinner where they both text one-another, rather than holding hands and schmooging each other amid the soft glow of real candles.
Pish Tush and fiddle sticks
Pigs might fly
Does Ferrari have 40 squilion to waste. I don't think so 🤔
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