Karun Chandhok has expressed his suspicions about Lewis Hamilton’s foresight regarding Mercedes’ existing problems in F1, suggesting that the British driver had “a small idea” of the team’s problems before deciding to jump to Ferrari.
Mercedes is enjoying the toughest start to a Formula 1 season in more than a decade, racking up just 26 problems in the first 3 races. For Hamilton, with only 8 problems to his name, it’s the worst start to the F1 season of his career. ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Despite the bleak scenario at Mercedes, Sky Sports F1 analyst Chandhok believes Hamilton could take solace in the fact that a new exciting breakdown with Ferrari awaits him, having already signed a deal for 2025 ahead of the first race of the season.
Chandhok said: “[Hamilton] knows he probably won’t win the world championship this year unless there’s a miraculous change, so we could look to the future as well. And, at the moment, the Ferrari is a bigger package than the Mercedes. “
Ferrari, with more than three times as many problems as Mercedes, is the close leader of Red Bull. At the Australian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, they achieved a dominant one-two, with Carlos Sainz emerging victorious.
Sainz and teammate Charles Leclerc have expressed greater satisfaction with their 2023 Ferraris than with last year’s models. The progression is good news for Hamilton, who is considering an opportunity with the Italian team to claim an unprecedented eighth world name before the end of his career.
And Chandhok speculates that Lewis Hamilton may have sensed Ferrari’s resurgence when he made his decision, saying: “The timing of his decision, it may not have come out of nowhere. The timing suggests that I had some idea that this wasn’t going to work. “”Be awesome, so you can also take the opportunity to see something new. “
“If I had thought Mercedes was going to give him a car that would allow him to win the championship this year and in 2025, I don’t think he would have left. We all know what happened with Max’s retirement, but I think Lewis made a decision. “”A little bit of time. A bit of satisfaction to see Ferrari’s one-two. “
Despite his struggles at the start of the season, Hamilton found a glimmer of hope after testing at Suzuka, expressing new optimism about his W15: “It’s a wonderful consultation, the most productive consultation we’ve had this year and the most productive feeling. “of the car this year, so”
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