With his move to Ferrari, Formula 1 record world champion Lewis Hamilton faces an enormous challenge. However, he could cement his legend.
The staging was world championship. When Lewis Hamilton competed as a Ferrari driver on January 20 on January 20, the Brit and the proud Italian racing team did not miss the opportunity to celebrate the giants’ meeting. In the elegant dark suit and a coat thrown over his shoulders, Hamilton posed in front of one of the legendary red racers, a Ferrari F40, his favorite model.
The record world champion and the most successful team in Formula 1 history are now working together-and Hamilton did not save with big words when he shared the picture on his Instagram profile. He wrote in English and in terms of Italian: “There are days that you know that you will remember them forever, and today, my first as a Ferrari driver, is one of those days.” He was lucky enough to celebrate success in his career, which he would never have thought possible, “but part of me always stated in the dream of racing in red. I couldn’t be happier today, this dream today reality today to make.
Today we start a new era in the history of this iconic team and I can’t expect what history we write together, “HARBALTON concluded his contribution. In fact, the relationship between Ferrari and Hamilton could be a special one. The racing team senses The chance of ending his long dry spell years.
The last time that the proud Ferrari team was allowed to celebrate the winning of the World Cup was in 2008-in other words, in the year when Hamilton prevailed and his in a memorable season finale against Ferrari driver Felipe Massa The first World Championships won.
Since then, Ferrari has committed to Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel over the years. The past 15 years have dominated other teams, especially Red Bull and Mercedes with Hamilton. The longing for the next driver World Cup title remained unfulfilled.
However, the fascination, which assumes the drivers, piloted a “red goddess” was not damaged. This was demonstrated by Hamilton again with his change and his emotional words to “take office”.
At Ferrari, Hamilton now wants to finally degenerate Michael Schumacher, with whom he currently has to share the title of the record world champion. So far, both have been able to put on the World Cup crown seven times. Even if Hamilton “Schumi” has already left far behind in numerous other categories, such as in most racing victories and pole positions: in the opinion of many experts, the two are still at eye level.
Among other things, this should also put on the fact that “Schumi” won five of his seven titles in the legendary Ferrari. At least his eighth title now wants to get Hamilton in the red racer.
However, it was not just the myth of Ferrari who lured Hamilton to the Maranello team. Because after the less successful past decades and a half, the team has changed a lot. Two years ago, Fred Vasseur took over the first non-Italian team boss since Schumi boss Jean Todt at Ferrari.
Vasseur, like a Frenchman, the team turned up thoroughly. Embarrassing mistakes in the racing strategy or in pit stops, as Ferrari previously made more often, have been a thing of the past since taking office. The development of the car also made progress piece by piece. At least they were able to win five races last season and, apart from the racing victories, they were constant enough to make hopes for the designer title until the end, but it finally went to McLaren.