It is said that Lewis Hamilton’s transfer to Ferrari had an opinion divided between Ferrari Tifosi with expectations of a “dream team” or an “not easy” era for Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton is racing in red this season having signed a multi-year contract to become Leclerc’s newest Ferrari team-mate.
It is a situation and rivalry within the team that can describe the 2024 F1 championship.
Hamilton arrives at Ferrari with impressive numbers behind him as the Briton has won 105 Grands Prix on his way to seven World titles. In sharp contrast, Leclerc has just eight victories to his name.
With Ferrari expected to be involved in this year’s title fight after the Scuderia’s results included five wins and a P2 in the Constructors’ standings last year, both drivers will be determined to be the one to break the team’s 18-year Drivers’ Championship drought.
This raises the question, will the arrival of Hamilton create a dream team or allow Ferrari?
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According to Italian journalist Roberto Chinchero, there are two divisive opinions on that amongst Ferrari’s Tifosi.
“A giant component of the Italian Tifosi is looking to believe how the appointments between Lewis and Charles will be the appointments,” James Allen said in F1. “This is a very popular issue in recent weeks.
“There are two opposing reviews on this issue.
“Some other people that Ferrari will have a dream team will not be a challenge at all, however, there are those that will not be simple for Charles to have such a wonderful personality in the other component of the box.
“But all the answers that will come from the track. At this time, what I can verify is that for many years I have not noticed so much interest in the Ferrari front season, since the engine has not yet introduced the first time .
The former F1 technical director, Gary Anderson, believes that Hamilton’s arrival will create another teammate with what Leclerc had with Carlos Sainz in the last 4 seasons.
But even more about the Mongasque driver, he predicts Ferrari’s Will Hamilton at the start of the championship.
“For Charles Leclerc, there won’t be the same family team atmosphere that Sainz brought to Ferrari. Yes, they had their battles but resolved most of them amicably,” Anderson told The Race.
“With Hamilton, a seven times champion, joining, can be absolutely different. Ferrari has already subsidized [Hamilton] to the handle to pay much more than Leclerc and I think he will do the same, at least Hamilton, for the first component of the season, which Rile Leclerc can simply can. ”
Hamilton will have his first race in a Ferrari Formula 1 car next week, when he joined Leclerc for a “alarm” control in a Ferrari F1-75. He will participate in an exit of a moment later in the month in the Catalunya circuit.
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