I got to confess that put a smile on my face... I think I've just become a Ferrari fan!... I've always been one but, you know... that special way! Go Lewis! Go Ferrari!
I’m sad that Lewis is leaving Mercedes but I think it’s a great choice in his career to push ahead and win more races but we need to find if the w15 is capable of winning but again good luck to Lewis
Why are these MUPPETS not even questioning WHY 250 ex Mercedes Staff have recently jumped ship to other Teams like Red Bull, McLaren & Ferrari. . . (an eye whopping 25% of the employees) highlighting that something WITHIN Mercedes is fundamentally wrong. Yes ppl leave teams all the time, but NOT in such large numbers‼️ But hey-ho, all these Muppets can focus on is Lewis Hamilton!!! 🥴😏
It's interesting that Lewis didn't even wait the season to begin to make the move to Ferrari. Maybe he saw the sim data and just lost faith in mercedes
@@sbrunner69that is the least exciting bit. Cos they both won’t be part of the future developments or test meetings. They will be out of all that. That will make them perform worse
Ferrari is the biggest brand in f1 by a wide margin....these brits can do whatever mental gymnastics they want, its a fact that ferrari has the biggest pull in motorsport
You win the idiotic comment of the day award. This move has got nothing to do with brand, it's simply him knowing that he won't win another title with Mercedes, so he's gone to the best team he can to try there. Red Bull and McLaren weren't options. That leaves Ferrari. His third choice !
I think he understands the situation. The situation is no one is catching and beating RB and Max in these regs. I think he sees this as a great swan song for the end of his career. Winning some races with Ferrari and donning the Red. I also believe he sees Ferrari as being more competitive than Merc will be and therefore giving him a slightly better shot at an 8th. I think he knows its far fetched to think anyone is beating Max and RB anytime soon though. I find it to be a good move for him to finish his career.
Indeed. Merc or Ferrari need to build a better car then RB due to Max' insane consistent performance, to have any chance of a championship. There is no guarantee the Ferrari will provide one for LH. But at least he could possibly elevate the team and make a personal wish come true.
@@norbertschmidt5997yep and by the way F1 is still in V6 turbo hybrid era just the cars is look like Boats now should just says in the Mercedes 8 years dominantion era from 2014 to 2021 even 2021 they lost the WDC but the Mercedes that year was stiil have the better car not like before but still better than Red bull and they won the WCC 😮🎉
Alonso...Vettel...Leclerc... None could get the job done, not even reheated last champ Kimi. Now The Ham Man will bring home the bacon for the Scuderia and top Schumachers 7 with an 8th championship at his 3rd team. Entra lì Luigi!!
I have observed that Lewis’s mechanics didn’t stay back on some tracks to cheer when he got a podium. I think Lewis will get more of a better reception from the Ferrari engineers.
Exactly ! A race where he got on the podium .. It was Fred that was there to cheer him and the Ferrari mechanics. No Merc mechanics in sight some excuse from Merc about the cameras only showing Ferrari cause they beat Red Bull. I think they have all moved onto Golden Boy and think he is the 2nd coming cause he beat Lewis in his first season at Merc but yet Lewis beat him last year. It may or may not be a good move for Lewis but time will tell. He may not win his 8th but he may get some race wins at the very least.
Toto 'lost the dressing room'. He didn't keep Russell under proper control in 2023 and Hamilton had to do it on the track. He allowed Mercedes team to give lame excuses for not being supportive of Hamilton. (Fred Vasseur seized that moment in Singapore . . .) He failed to get the engineers to listen to Hamilton's input until it was too late. He just wasn't supportive enough when 2021 saw Hamilton blatantly robbed of a championship that he had clearly already won, etc., etc. Sir Lewis Hamilton has pretty much won won 8 years of F1 championships for Mercedes and is in effect a seriously important global brand and it's Mercedes loss . . .
So weird how even though official records exist online, people think hamilton is still a contender going to a lower team when he finished the last 3/4's of the season out of the top 10 and got beaten easily by both Lance stroll and even yuki tsunoda for the last 4 races with a stronger team.
So the other 100 plus wins count for nothing, last 4 races, if we thought that of schumacher, vettel, Mansel, senna, raikanan, alsonso, nobody would beat rosberg by how you see things, time to look at yourself and the hate you have for sportsmanship, might as well right off max on his 2019 result ohhh wait look he has won 2021,22 and 23 what a idiotic way of comapring performance, considering lewis finished third in the wdc.
He has no pressure. Having Lewis as your teammate is great. Everything to gain & nothing to lose. Lewis won't get any new upgrades/or info first this year so Russell might beat him too
Good for Lewis! He has nothing left to prove and win lose or draw all his accomplishments to date are monumental. If the man wants to race in a Ferrari, and be honest who wouldn’t, then go do what 99.99999% of the rest of us will never get a chance to do. Oh and by the way, Ferrari is FAST right now! And Lewis’s race craft is far superior to any other Ferrari driver in quite some time. I see him winning sooner than later.
Agree partly. He's not got nothing to prove though. After losing the fastest car, he is one-all with his team mate over two seasons. If Leclerc beats him over the season next year, it won't look that impressive. That said, I don't like the guy but he has the ability to beat Charles. Max has shown that Charles doesn't really drive well when being pressed and can make disastrous mistakes . Hamilton should be well capable of pressuring Leclerc. Be interesting to see if he can stand it. If the car is fast , I expect Hamilton to be fast.
Who finished second in constructor championship table last year ? 😂 Mercedes was also saving money everywhere they could ….but they were improving a lot…Ferrari went all the way around…in fact with Lewis on board they will now spend even more money on his salary …🤭😂 Lewis should have stay with team who worked hard all those years, who literally gave him all those titles but he chose to be deserter…we all know how The World is reacting to that
Nothing to prove? If he goes to ferrari and slacks 1-2 or seasons it'll forever taint his legacy for a lot of people. Just how Max's first (deserved) title got tainted, and people will always pull out the nonsense, the same will happen to Lewis by certain fans if he doesn't perform. Those specific fans will always say "see, unless he's driving the best car, the merc he can't win" Or they'll mention how he can't win without being clear number one driver (altho vs russell he wasn't clear no.1 either)
@@---kn2go Don't understand why Ferrari would even bother... They would of had to offer so much money & bring him on board when the team is struggling and in the puff of smoke he will be gone...No more titles, maybe no more wins & they wasted a seat for him instead of bringing in a good young driver who is more likely to produce & stay with the team for a long time... For Lewis it IS all about the money...I hope he stuffs up & everyone will remember him as going out a loser....
would be nice. i was thinkig a few days ago that he has that killer look, something that other drivers don't have. leclerc and ham are struggling with ptsd, sainz, perez, alonso, russell good drivers but no chance honestly. lando too soft, proper stoner in different clothes might say. so piastri might be our only chance to interfere with mv's title winning spree. (scenario available after new regs) all the best !
@@stefandobre226 You said it perfectly. "that killer look". I totally agree, that's been my feeling for bout 6 months now. He has that ruthless look about him. And his ability last season for a "rookie" was insanely good. I reckon he's got atleast a couple of Drivers Championships coming in the next 5/10 years I think.
I think after his decision to move to Mercedes from Mclaren and we all thought on why do that but it was the right decision and this makes sense for 2025 hopefully he wins a title and can retire at Ferrari.
He won't. If Ferrari get it right and deliver a championship winning car, the driver who will win the driver's title at Ferrari will be Charles, not Lewis.
If this is true then I am ready for him winning his 8th and become the undistributed Greatest lol. As a general F1 fan myself since Vettel retired. We really need a Ferrari champion again.
This could be a wise move on Lewis' part. He will be able to compete with what will likely be the best iteration of the Mercedes this year (not likely to reach further development next year given the formula change). He then moves to Ferrari for 2025 and cements himself with the Tifosi. Then in 2026 with the new engine formula, he is installed on one of the two teams that develop the best engines (Mercedes and Ferrari), with Red Bull being on the outside with newbie Ford. And at the same time, he eliminates the option for Max to leave RB for Ferrari.
So turns out Christian Horner was right after all, team Hamilton was definitely looking for a seat elsewhere. There's no way they didn't inquire at the bull shade
To be honest, no one expected him to win a WC at Merc. His move was seen as a suicide move at the time and you can still find Tweets of 2012, saying he just ended his career and that he would fail.
@@mouseinthehouse_ I’m mean that would be cool but Merc have never not had a world champion in the car so I doubt the would put him straight would love to see it though
If there’s anyone who can build a championship winning car, it’s Lewis. Problem is that this will most likely take multiple years, especially with a team like Ferrari. Once the car can challenge for the title, Lewis will already be 40+ and he won’t beat Max or Charles at that age
What? He piggybacked on the car that was buildt with the help of Schumacher just before the regs changed. Even then the drivers build nothing. The designers and mechanics do.
Lewis Hamilton is back at it with his surprising decisions. I absolutely love this for him and the sport which has been feeling mundane for a while now. Hamilton and Leclerc as a driver is going to be too hot.
@@rahulseeruttun5539 your'e quite right. But numbers dont lie, max won both titles on his own last year, in the most successful f1 car ever. The RB20 will have to be a real bag of bolts to change that.
I'm huge Ferrari fan since 1997 but let's be honest, with current Ferrari he will struggle a lot as many great drivers before him, at least he'll get a chance to finish his awesome career driving for one of the greatest teams ever.
I can see why he'd do this. Even if it is just a season. He probably is aware that Verstappen is the best driver on the grid now , in the best car under these regs , most likely. Barring a Red Bull disaster he's going to be very very hard to beat. So why not go and have a season or two as a swansong at the biggest draw in F1.
Seb coming back at Mercedes in a German team a German driver love to see that happen his hero drove for Mercedes when he was at Red Bull. Of course he wanted to win at Ferrari and gutted he didn't but he could be ready to comeback fight for a 5th title in silver arrows. Who knows Alonso came back why not Seb?
This is a multi cultural world. I would love Lewis to speak a foreign language. Why not. I think i cant skip any race in the 24 calender leading into 25.
Lewis and his managements ability to switch at the perfect moment shouldn’t be forgotten, this is exactly the reaction when he left McLaren, but can he beat charles hmmm very interesting
can he beat Charles??? what a stupid question. a driver of Lewis ability and pedigree is not looking to beat charles but to beat Max and win championships.
For real. I remember those conversations. McLaren have done so much, Can he beat nico, Will the team be excepting of his “antics”… then he got 6 titles with them and 7 team titles with nico & bottas. Not bad too be honest. When him and Charles are comfortable in their cars they can pull out a quick lap. Same with Max. All great drivers imho
i agree on pace Charles is quicker than Russell but is pace the only guarantee of winning a race?? clearly you just started following F1 recently. Lewis has proven to be a far more capable and complete driver than Charles. and this is not me discounting Charles, this is me telling you to go back and watch all of your F1 devoid of your filthy bias and convince yourself who the better driver is@@husseinomar1981
He will be the no. 2 driver at Ferrari who will be tasked to get decent points while earning good money (which is why he abandoned Mercedes who’re way smarter than Ferrari).
As I’ve said many times during 2023 I think Ferrari have been desperate to get Hamilton to resurrect their fortunes. He’ll probably drive for maybe a season or two but once he has learnt the Ferrari culture he may be in a better position to become their Manager..
The better questions is where he has the higher odds. And in the end would you rather try or not try at Ferrari. Seems like he's bored at Merc & needs them motivaton/challenge
I think everyone is looking at this all wrong. 2026 is a new era for F1, and if Toto and Mercedes seriously wanted LH to be part of their new era of F1, they would offered him a contract that's beyond 2026, not one that's expired at the end of 2025. Also, LH won a Championship with McLaren, Mercedes was a mid tier team, they presented to LH their plan for the turbo hybrid era, LH looked at where McLaren was heading, and where Mercedes wanted to go, he joined Mercedes for a new era in F1, many thought he made a mistake and should remained with the power house McLaren, McLaren was in the abyss and Mercedes won multiple Championships. Fast forward to today, LH has the front seat to Mercedes, he saw how they couldn't dig themselves out of this hole of mediocre, he knows first hand where and what Mercedes have planned for 2026, then Ferrari came and presented their 2026 plan to LH, thus is a repeat of McLaren and Mercedes for LH. Ferrari always has the most powerful engine on the grid, even when doing the down years, LH remember he couldn't keep up with Seb on the Kemmel Straight even with KERS and DRS. With 100% sustainable fuel for 2026, and RB mounting a Ford powerplant, Mercedes have always been down on power, LH think Ferrari will be on the rise for F1 new era of F1 cars.
Going through the comments a lot of people seems to have forgotten who Lewis Hamilton is. Just because you all expect your life and passions to be over at the age of 39-40 does not mean LH has the same mindset as you commoners. He is still in top physical shape with years of experience, he will be fine, very confident he will get is 8th (lets be real 9th) title before he retires. When he does, you lot will be here, overweight, half your hair gone, screaming your frustrations on to the internet.
2024 will be a test of character for LH, he had some serious motivational issues in 2022 and he had the full support of Mercedes back then. I’m curious to see how he will handle 2024 if the car is not the greatest, and he will be treated as a nr. 2 driver……😮
An 8th title at a historic team like Ferrari would be the icing on the cake. I think he could probably retire from F1 happy with that. He'd hold the record for most championships and who knows when that record would be broken, Reb Bull won't be dominant forever (I hope).
Hamilton has always wanted to drive for Ferrari and the timing makes sense. He gets comfortable with the team for 2025 and ready for the 2026 changes. This completely echoes his move to Mercedes, which was the year before a regulation change as well. I personally find all the shock and surprise at the move amusing. I didn't see the move coming, but it doesn't seem out of the blue either. If he was going to drive for Ferrari, this was the time to make the move.
Can anyone analyse Lewis's business as a designer/brand promoter and see how the Ferrari brand adds to that? I suspect that should be a part of his decision.
Maybe it's better not to get behind a bunch of "initiatives". If I was him, I'd focus on driving and performance. Also, I'm glad Ferrari don't get into all that. Ferrari make fast cars. Passionately. That's the only initiative that should concern them. I also don't agree with the statement of "F1 is a platform for (insert agenda here)". F1 should be a sport first, business second and at no point whatsoever should it profess to lecture people on their moral choices or politics. That doesn't mean Lewis can't stand for what he believes is right or important to him. It also doesn't mean his friends and colleagues can't stand with him, just don't use the sport as a bench to preach from. He's his own platform. He doesn't need another.
Lewis has only moved f1 teams once, and he made a pretty good decision is what I think anyone would say. Looking forward to seeing if he's right about this move as well. He wouldn't have left mercedes if he didn't see something in it
I am a Mercedes Fan n i will always be Mercedes fan, Drivers come n go. Lewis, i just wish u luck, its been an honour to watch u win championship after championship with the Silver Arrows n u will always remain in our memories. U never gave up especially when things weren't good especially in the last 2,3 seasons, .U smiled even though our Car was underperforming but u had this 'LETS KEEP ON PUSHING TOTO' n that made us believe that we gona get there. I was shocked koz that what happens especially when u loosing one of yo best players to a rival team but we y'all know Players/ drivers come n go. LEWIS, go get whatever u wana get, ITS HAMMER TIME BABY....., GOD bless u n whatever u put yo hands on.
Nobody finds it weird at how Karun Chandok stands?
He's got false legs but real feet 😂
was asking myself the same thing.
I thought we was double jointed or bow-legged. Met plenty of dancers like that tbf
His knees are really bad. He has acknowledged this but yeah it looks wild.
We’re looking at the biggest news in f1 since the last 10 years and blud is focusing on Karyn stand😭😭😭😭😭
Background people way to loud, very annoying
I've not found them towards loud. *Too
Quite distracting
Give them a break, they must be a small media company. I guess they don't have technical equipment nor knowledge enough to do good audio😊
sounds like they shot this in a cafeteria 🙃
Yeah wish they didn't do this in the canteen
NOW.... IF VETTEL MADE A COMEBACK AND JOIN THE MERCEDES...WOULD BE BRUTAL SCENARIOO.....
Vettel was brutal beaten by Charles so , he can comeback , lolz
Everyone is forgetting he has to beat Charles…. And Charles will be motivated and on it with Lewis as a teammate…. Will be awesome to see
I believe Charles has already committed to Mercedes.
@@philtucker1224blud signed a contract extension like a week ago
@@juhdas2773 that means nothing these days. (Lewis also just recently signed for two more years at Merc) it’s irrelevant.
It’s great to find someone that believes in Leclerc’s ability. Unique actually..
@@philtucker12241 year (which he is still bound to) and a 1 year extension option which he is choosing not to activate actually
I got to confess that put a smile on my face... I think I've just become a Ferrari fan!... I've always been one but, you know... that special way!
Go Lewis! Go Ferrari!
Why does it sound like this studio is next to the staff canteen and the door is wide open?
Just Imagine Vettel in Mercedes, Alonso in Aston Martin n Hamilton in Ferrari 😅
It will be an interesting twist having the whole Sky team becoming Ferrari fans
they are too far up mclaren and landos behind
Toto: Lewis, behold the W15!!
Lewis: Ok! I’m out!!!
I’m sad that Lewis is leaving Mercedes but I think it’s a great choice in his career to push ahead and win more races but we need to find if the w15 is capable of winning but again good luck to Lewis
It is not, otherwise he would have stayed obviously.
Why are these MUPPETS not even questioning WHY 250 ex Mercedes Staff have recently jumped ship to other Teams like Red Bull, McLaren & Ferrari. . . (an eye whopping 25% of the employees) highlighting that something WITHIN Mercedes is fundamentally wrong. Yes ppl leave teams all the time, but NOT in such large numbers‼️
But hey-ho, all these Muppets can focus on is Lewis Hamilton!!! 🥴😏
It's interesting that Lewis didn't even wait the season to begin to make the move to Ferrari. Maybe he saw the sim data and just lost faith in mercedes
I think this is the most interesting aspect of the upcoming 2024 season. Lewis and Sainz both on the exit.
@@sbrunner69that is the least exciting bit. Cos they both won’t be part of the future developments or test meetings. They will be out of all that. That will make them perform worse
@@Redlingstein Exactly!
I can imagine he wants to have these things off his mind before the season starts, so he can focus on the racing
@@dutchy1645 yeah, it makes sense
imagine him win 8th with ferrari damn
Imagine if Ferrari provides a winning car, and Charles "Nico" Leclerc wins his 1st.
Ferrari is the biggest brand in f1 by a wide margin....these brits can do whatever mental gymnastics they want, its a fact that ferrari has the biggest pull in motorsport
Do i like ferrari? No
Do i defenetly agree? Yes
So what.. Lewis will never win his 8th WDC now. It's over
You win the idiotic comment of the day award.
This move has got nothing to do with brand, it's simply him knowing that he won't win another title with Mercedes, so he's gone to the best team he can to try there.
Red Bull and McLaren weren't options.
That leaves Ferrari. His third choice !
@@colinhare4722 You don't know that.
Hater.
Ferrari degrades Lewis Hamilton's legacy at AMG for me.
But Lewis could elevate Ferrari's, again for me 😂
Be a great way to end his career if he wins an 8th Championship with a 3rd Team!
Just like Seb Vet
kust like your mom did@@colinhare4722
driving a new car at 40... Ferrari is the elephant cemetery.
Just change team to championship and Lewis to Fernando what do you get?
Highly unlikely with Ferrari.
I think he understands the situation. The situation is no one is catching and beating RB and Max in these regs. I think he sees this as a great swan song for the end of his career. Winning some races with Ferrari and donning the Red. I also believe he sees Ferrari as being more competitive than Merc will be and therefore giving him a slightly better shot at an 8th. I think he knows its far fetched to think anyone is beating Max and RB anytime soon though. I find it to be a good move for him to finish his career.
Indeed. Merc or Ferrari need to build a better car then RB due to Max' insane consistent performance, to have any chance of a championship. There is no guarantee the Ferrari will provide one for LH. But at least he could possibly elevate the team and make a personal wish come true.
No, not while Verstappen is in a Red Bull.
so 2024 is a forgone conclusion, earlier than last yr when it was finished after testing
Yeah like 8 years of hybrid era 😂🤦♂️
@@norbertschmidt5997yep and by the way F1 is still in V6 turbo hybrid era just the cars is look like Boats now should just says in the Mercedes 8 years dominantion era from 2014 to 2021 even 2021 they lost the WDC but the Mercedes that year was stiil have the better car not like before but still better than Red bull and they won the WCC 😮🎉
Max wins championship. Ferrari and Merc win a few races. Battle for 2nd place for constructors.
Karun stands like a Thunderbird doll.
HAAHAHAHAHA HILARIOUS
😂😂😂😂
Alonso...Vettel...Leclerc... None could get the job done, not even reheated last champ Kimi. Now The Ham Man will bring home the bacon for the Scuderia and top Schumachers 7 with an 8th championship at his 3rd team. Entra lì Luigi!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"You want more breaking news? - Hold my cigar..." - will say Fernando Alonso - "I'm going to join my bestie George Russel at Mercedes" :D
Not a chance. Mercedes don't sign has been's.
@@PaulHirst-og4ukClueless Troll. Ain't got a clue. Mug. Alonso is the best of the best. Clown
Call to Valtteri?
@@PaulHirst-og4uk schumacher?
This move is purely about business.
I have observed that Lewis’s mechanics didn’t stay back on some tracks to cheer when he got a podium. I think Lewis will get more of a better reception from the Ferrari engineers.
Exactly ! A race where he got on the podium .. It was Fred that was there to cheer him and the Ferrari mechanics. No Merc mechanics in sight some excuse from Merc about the cameras only showing Ferrari cause they beat Red Bull. I think they have all moved onto Golden Boy and think he is the 2nd coming cause he beat Lewis in his first season at Merc but yet Lewis beat him last year. It may or may not be a good move for Lewis but time will tell. He may not win his 8th but he may get some race wins at the very least.
Toto 'lost the dressing room'. He didn't keep Russell under proper control in 2023 and Hamilton had to do
it on the track.
He allowed Mercedes team to give lame excuses for not being supportive of Hamilton. (Fred Vasseur seized that moment in Singapore . . .)
He failed to get the engineers to listen to Hamilton's input until it was too late.
He just wasn't supportive enough when 2021 saw Hamilton blatantly robbed of a championship that he had clearly already won, etc., etc.
Sir Lewis Hamilton has pretty much won won 8 years of F1 championships for Mercedes and is in effect a seriously important global brand and it's Mercedes loss . . .
Not a Chance With That Move.. Money Talks
Audio making it sound like they are chatting in a pub
He can if they give him the fastest car and his team mate isn’t allowed to overtake him.
So just like schumacher and barichello yeah?
what a good timing uh perfect to forgot the Andretti news...
Who?
He has to go pee
So weird how even though official records exist online, people think hamilton is still a contender going to a lower team when he finished the last 3/4's of the season out of the top 10 and got beaten easily by both Lance stroll and even yuki tsunoda for the last 4 races with a stronger team.
So the other 100 plus wins count for nothing, last 4 races, if we thought that of schumacher, vettel, Mansel, senna, raikanan, alsonso, nobody would beat rosberg by how you see things, time to look at yourself and the hate you have for sportsmanship, might as well right off max on his 2019 result ohhh wait look he has won 2021,22 and 23 what a idiotic way of comapring performance, considering lewis finished third in the wdc.
If Leclerc beats him at Ferrari...
George will thrash him this season... Lewis is history
He has no pressure. Having Lewis as your teammate is great. Everything to gain & nothing to lose. Lewis won't get any new upgrades/or info first this year so Russell might beat him too
Lewis is done
@@colinhare4722You think Lewis is scared like Lando dude this is going to age badly just like Mercedes 2013
*when, not if.
Leclerc will destroy Hamilton, even more than Russell.
Good for Lewis! He has nothing left to prove and win lose or draw all his accomplishments to date are monumental. If the man wants to race in a Ferrari, and be honest who wouldn’t, then go do what 99.99999% of the rest of us will never get a chance to do. Oh and by the way, Ferrari is FAST right now! And Lewis’s race craft is far superior to any other Ferrari driver in quite some time. I see him winning sooner than later.
Agree partly. He's not got nothing to prove though. After losing the fastest car, he is one-all with his team mate over two seasons. If Leclerc beats him over the season next year, it won't look that impressive. That said, I don't like the guy but he has the ability to beat Charles. Max has shown that Charles doesn't really drive well when being pressed and can make disastrous mistakes . Hamilton should be well capable of pressuring Leclerc. Be interesting to see if he can stand it. If the car is fast , I expect Hamilton to be fast.
Who finished second in constructor championship table last year ? 😂 Mercedes was also saving money everywhere they could ….but they were improving a lot…Ferrari went all the way around…in fact with Lewis on board they will now spend even more money on his salary …🤭😂 Lewis should have stay with team who worked hard all those years, who literally gave him all those titles but he chose to be deserter…we all know how The World is reacting to that
Nothing to prove? If he goes to ferrari and slacks 1-2 or seasons it'll forever taint his legacy for a lot of people. Just how Max's first (deserved) title got tainted, and people will always pull out the nonsense, the same will happen to Lewis by certain fans if he doesn't perform.
Those specific fans will always say "see, unless he's driving the best car, the merc he can't win"
Or they'll mention how he can't win without being clear number one driver (altho vs russell he wasn't clear no.1 either)
With Hamilton's Petulance and the Italian temperament he
has gone to Ferrari for one Reason Only, MONEY.
@@---kn2go Don't understand why Ferrari would even bother... They would of had to offer so much money & bring him on board when the team is struggling and in the puff of smoke he will be gone...No more titles, maybe no more wins & they wasted a seat for him instead of bringing in a good young driver who is more likely to produce & stay with the team for a long time... For Lewis it IS all about the money...I hope he stuffs up & everyone will remember him as going out a loser....
Well said Damon Hill.
@@Thebatsignyou’re having a laugh. max wont win 7 titles let alone 8.
Best news in a while. Maybe some behind the scenes discussion going on to get him in the Ferrari this year?
Piastri going to Mercedes.
Mark my words.
would be nice. i was thinkig a few days ago that he has that killer look, something that other drivers don't have. leclerc and ham are struggling with ptsd, sainz, perez, alonso, russell good drivers but no chance honestly. lando too soft, proper stoner in different clothes might say. so piastri might be our only chance to interfere with mv's title winning spree. (scenario available after new regs)
all the best !
@@stefandobre226 You said it perfectly.
"that killer look".
I totally agree, that's been my feeling for bout 6 months now.
He has that ruthless look about him.
And his ability last season for a "rookie" was insanely good.
I reckon he's got atleast a couple of Drivers Championships coming in the next 5/10 years I think.
I don't care what anyone says lewis has transcended modern day f1 what a driver❤
Yes, yes he can
With ferraris tactis - no he won’t 😂
2007 was the last time Ferrari won...
Ferrari really needs to get their house in order.
Oh no he can't
@@CB-lw7ty
*2008
This is going to be epic!!!!!!!!The black stallion Hamilton at the black stallion Ferrari, the most legendary come together.
2 experts + Ted
Ted's definitely no expert
You mean 10th? He won 2021, and he's gonna win this season as well.
I think after his decision to move to Mercedes from Mclaren and we all thought on why do that but it was the right decision and this makes sense for 2025 hopefully he wins a title and can retire at Ferrari.
He won't. If Ferrari get it right and deliver a championship winning car, the driver who will win the driver's title at Ferrari will be Charles, not Lewis.
@@HandlesSuck123 Charles himself would laugh at this. He knows how good Lewis is. Stop ur hate
Lewis more conscious about his dress code, than racing.
If this is true then I am ready for him winning his 8th and become the undistributed Greatest lol. As a general F1 fan myself since Vettel retired. We really need a Ferrari champion again.
Lol, gotta love autocorrect.
Is he not getting distributed properly? Maybe he should put more pressure on his media people😂
(undisputed)
He never has been the greatest, he only deserves maybe four of those titles!
There is no GOAT in f1 . F1 was created for constructors . Bloke with the best car wins but that is not the point
This could be a wise move on Lewis' part. He will be able to compete with what will likely be the best iteration of the Mercedes this year (not likely to reach further development next year given the formula change). He then moves to Ferrari for 2025 and cements himself with the Tifosi. Then in 2026 with the new engine formula, he is installed on one of the two teams that develop the best engines (Mercedes and Ferrari), with Red Bull being on the outside with newbie Ford. And at the same time, he eliminates the option for Max to leave RB for Ferrari.
So turns out Christian Horner was right after all, team Hamilton was definitely looking for a seat elsewhere. There's no way they didn't inquire at the bull shade
To be honest, no one expected him to win a WC at Merc. His move was seen as a suicide move at the time and you can still find Tweets of 2012, saying he just ended his career and that he would fail.
If they put Kimi Antonelli in the for 25 that’s nuts
How? Literally every team has been doing that. That’s the strategy now. Hand the keys over to a teenager and develop around that driver.
@@mouseinthehouse_ I’m mean that would be cool but Merc have never not had a world champion in the car so I doubt the would put him straight would love to see it though
If there’s anyone who can build a championship winning car, it’s Lewis. Problem is that this will most likely take multiple years, especially with a team like Ferrari. Once the car can challenge for the title, Lewis will already be 40+ and he won’t beat Max or Charles at that age
What? He piggybacked on the car that was buildt with the help of Schumacher just before the regs changed. Even then the drivers build nothing. The designers and mechanics do.
Lewis: "adult in the room"? He is a ridiculous role model.
Max to Mercedes in 2026 .should be a fantastic transfer. The best car driver and the best car builder.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Lewis Hamilton is back at it with his surprising decisions. I absolutely love this for him and the sport which has been feeling mundane for a while now. Hamilton and Leclerc as a driver is going to be too hot.
He is already a 8 Time champion... Let's talk about his 9th title !
Where is the proof?
Already a 8 time world champion for the real fans of F1
Yes, I think he can. If Ferrari can give him a car that's at least 20% better than any other car on the track, like Mercedes did, he has a chance.
LOL
Sorry, did Craig seriously ask Karun if one of the reasons to move to Ferrari was to woke the place up like he did with Merc? 😂
He did.
The video is a bit long for a simple "no"
In 2025? No. Max is winning 24 and 25. But everything is up for grabs from 2026 onwards.
it's formula bro
anything can happen
tyre puncture ,dnf, collision,crash
not with the reliability of redbull.@@rahulseeruttun5539
@@rahulseeruttun5539 your'e quite right. But numbers dont lie, max won both titles on his own last year, in the most successful f1 car ever. The RB20 will have to be a real bag of bolts to change that.
Maybe that was a part of his decision making.
@@rahulseeruttun5539 Of course, but unlikely, this is about preparing for 2026.
What's with the cafeteria noise?
If anyone else went to Ferrari I’d say, why, but Lewis with his 7 championships can do things his way.
I'm huge Ferrari fan since 1997 but let's be honest, with current Ferrari he will struggle a lot as many great drivers before him, at least he'll get a chance to finish his awesome career driving for one of the greatest teams ever.
A perfect scenario for an 8th title and then retirement...
Class act
9th
its all about the car, for sure lewis is the best driver with most experience you can have in your team
I can see why he'd do this. Even if it is just a season. He probably is aware that Verstappen is the best driver on the grid now , in the best car under these regs , most likely. Barring a Red Bull disaster he's going to be very very hard to beat. So why not go and have a season or two as a swansong at the biggest draw in F1.
Seb coming back at Mercedes in a German team a German driver love to see that happen his hero drove for Mercedes when he was at Red Bull. Of course he wanted to win at Ferrari and gutted he didn't but he could be ready to comeback fight for a 5th title in silver arrows. Who knows Alonso came back why not Seb?
Seb is gone man. Just let it go.
@@ChuyR. Agreed.
Ferrari is the quintessential Italian brand. They are going to have to teach this man to dress.
Yes if Max retires ! 😂
Max did say he doesn't want to break the record. Probably be satisfied with five tbh
Sooo funny 🤣
OPENS The Door For Vettel to get into Mercedes
Bring back Vettel to drive in the Mercedes 2025 ❤
Vettel should learn how to drive and finish 2020 Germany GP first.
Shut up, you mug.
This is a multi cultural world. I would love Lewis to speak a foreign language. Why not. I think i cant skip any race in the 24 calender leading into 25.
O oh, HAM is moving and the whole Sky Sports F1 staff woke up
Sir Hamilton is like Lionel Messi and Djokovic, the goats of their respective sports.
Obviously, Merc have failed to find the negative 1.3 minium to Red Bull
Lewis and his managements ability to switch at the perfect moment shouldn’t be forgotten, this is exactly the reaction when he left McLaren, but can he beat charles hmmm very interesting
can he beat Charles???
what a stupid question.
a driver of Lewis ability and pedigree is not looking to beat charles but to beat Max and win championships.
@@jkbzz charles is significantly quicker then Russell u muppet
For real. I remember those conversations. McLaren have done so much, Can he beat nico, Will the team be excepting of his “antics”… then he got 6 titles with them and 7 team titles with nico & bottas. Not bad too be honest. When him and Charles are comfortable in their cars they can pull out a quick lap. Same with Max. All great drivers imho
@@jayjonesss agree but when the spot light is off Charles we all know what he did to vettel, that boy is the fastest in F1 on 1 lap pace
i agree on pace Charles is quicker than Russell but is pace the only guarantee of winning a race??
clearly you just started following F1 recently.
Lewis has proven to be a far more capable and complete driver than Charles. and this is not me discounting Charles, this is me telling you to go back and watch all of your F1 devoid of your filthy bias and convince yourself who the better driver is@@husseinomar1981
I don't care about Lewis Hamilton moving to Ferrari I'd have been much more excited about an 11th team + 2 new drivers joining the grid.
Why is this guy Ted still on tv? This guy is crazy and anything but objective. Can't take that clown seriously can we 😂
hope we will hear another bombshell news mid 2024 season about Vettel returning to F1 with Mercedes
Maybe, let’s hope the rules are not changed at the last minute to prevent it this time!
Drive to survive got something interesting out of a boring season 😂
Ok bott
Plot twist, it’s not official and doesn’t happen 😵💫🤣
He will be the no. 2 driver at Ferrari who will be tasked to get decent points while earning good money (which is why he abandoned Mercedes who’re way smarter than Ferrari).
Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha
You are a clown 🤡
As I’ve said many times during 2023 I think Ferrari have been desperate to get Hamilton to resurrect their fortunes. He’ll probably drive for maybe a season or two but once he has learnt the Ferrari culture he may be in a better position to become their Manager..
Long story short, no.
The better questions is where he has the higher odds. And in the end would you rather try or not try at Ferrari. Seems like he's bored at Merc & needs them motivaton/challenge
Yeah...im sure Max will just step aside.
He is nice like that.
There is a big elephant in the room with all of the hope/cope and it's name is Max.
Not with a Ferrari, similar situation when Schumacher went to Mercedes.
It's a 50/50 win for Lewis and Ferrari respectively..he got you all working again
I think everyone is looking at this all wrong. 2026 is a new era for F1, and if Toto and Mercedes seriously wanted LH to be part of their new era of F1, they would offered him a contract that's beyond 2026, not one that's expired at the end of 2025. Also, LH won a Championship with McLaren, Mercedes was a mid tier team, they presented to LH their plan for the turbo hybrid era, LH looked at where McLaren was heading, and where Mercedes wanted to go, he joined Mercedes for a new era in F1, many thought he made a mistake and should remained with the power house McLaren, McLaren was in the abyss and Mercedes won multiple Championships. Fast forward to today, LH has the front seat to Mercedes, he saw how they couldn't dig themselves out of this hole of mediocre, he knows first hand where and what Mercedes have planned for 2026, then Ferrari came and presented their 2026 plan to LH, thus is a repeat of McLaren and Mercedes for LH. Ferrari always has the most powerful engine on the grid, even when doing the down years, LH remember he couldn't keep up with Seb on the Kemmel Straight even with KERS and DRS. With 100% sustainable fuel for 2026, and RB mounting a Ford powerplant, Mercedes have always been down on power, LH think Ferrari will be on the rise for F1 new era of F1 cars.
Going through the comments a lot of people seems to have forgotten who Lewis Hamilton is. Just because you all expect your life and passions to be over at the age of 39-40 does not mean LH has the same mindset as you commoners. He is still in top physical shape with years of experience, he will be fine, very confident he will get is 8th (lets be real 9th) title before he retires. When he does, you lot will be here, overweight, half your hair gone, screaming your frustrations on to the internet.
2024 will be a test of character for LH, he had some serious motivational issues in 2022 and he had the full support of Mercedes back then. I’m curious to see how he will handle 2024 if the car is not the greatest, and he will be treated as a nr. 2 driver……😮
I still dont get what the big deal with ferrari is. They arent that good.
You must be very young
@@Sooopa_Doopa not really. I know they used to be good.
@StreetDreamzTT When I was a little Ferrari was the dream ride of every kid.
@@Sooopa_Doopa Nissan skyline r32 gtr for me.
An 8th title at a historic team like Ferrari would be the icing on the cake. I think he could probably retire from F1 happy with that. He'd hold the record for most championships and who knows when that record would be broken, Reb Bull won't be dominant forever (I hope).
I'm very happy that Hamilton made that decision, because it really seemed like Mercedes didn't want to see him win his eighth title.
Hamilton has always wanted to drive for Ferrari and the timing makes sense. He gets comfortable with the team for 2025 and ready for the 2026 changes. This completely echoes his move to Mercedes, which was the year before a regulation change as well. I personally find all the shock and surprise at the move amusing. I didn't see the move coming, but it doesn't seem out of the blue either. If he was going to drive for Ferrari, this was the time to make the move.
Can anyone analyse Lewis's business as a designer/brand promoter and see how the Ferrari brand adds to that? I suspect that should be a part of his decision.
Lewis finally gets the chance to achieve his dream of becoming the black Alboreto.
Maybe it's better not to get behind a bunch of "initiatives". If I was him, I'd focus on driving and performance.
Also, I'm glad Ferrari don't get into all that. Ferrari make fast cars. Passionately. That's the only initiative that should concern them. I also don't agree with the statement of "F1 is a platform for (insert agenda here)".
F1 should be a sport first, business second and at no point whatsoever should it profess to lecture people on their moral choices or politics.
That doesn't mean Lewis can't stand for what he believes is right or important to him. It also doesn't mean his friends and colleagues can't stand with him, just don't use the sport as a bench to preach from. He's his own platform. He doesn't need another.
Lewis has only moved f1 teams once, and he made a pretty good decision is what I think anyone would say. Looking forward to seeing if he's right about this move as well. He wouldn't have left mercedes if he didn't see something in it
Where is this information coming from? What's the source?
Heinz !
It’s crazy people didn’t believe he was good enough bc he played a video game. Now he can win his 8th championship
I am a Mercedes Fan n i will always be Mercedes fan, Drivers come n go. Lewis, i just wish u luck, its been an honour to watch u win championship after championship with the Silver Arrows n u will always remain in our memories. U never gave up especially when things weren't good especially in the last 2,3 seasons, .U smiled even though our Car was underperforming but u had this 'LETS KEEP ON PUSHING TOTO' n that made us believe that we gona get there. I was shocked koz that what happens especially when u loosing one of yo best players to a rival team but we y'all know Players/ drivers come n go. LEWIS, go get whatever u wana get, ITS HAMMER TIME BABY....., GOD bless u n whatever u put yo hands on.
a change of wardrobe for Chandok
All depends on the car, if Ferrari get it wrong, he has no chance.
The wrong question. Why did Ferrari pay more than Mercedes.