Fernando Alonso makes F1 title prediction after Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move | JCM1Q1F | 2024-02-13 16:08:01
Fernando Alonso makes F1 title prediction after Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari move | JCM1Q1F | 2024-02-13 16:08:01
Fernando Alonso has claimed that Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari might be a difference-maker for the Italian staff as they appear to finish their long-running silverware drought.
Hamilton shocked the motorsport world earlier in the month when he confirmed he would depart Mercedes at the year's end to complete a switch to Ferrari forward of the 2025 season.
The seven-time World Champion solely signed a two-year extension final yr however stated he would fulfil a 'childhood dream' by racing for the Italian aspect.
Ferrari final gained a Constructors' Championship in 2008 and a Drivers' Championship in 2007 however Alonso, who drove for the Italian group between 2010 and 2014, believes the Brit might be the lacking piece of the puzzle.
'Ferrari had a really fast automotive and have been preventing for giant issues,' the Spaniard stated. 'Perhaps Lewis can convey that additional to battle for the championship. The automotive is there.
'Even final yr, with a really dominant Pink Bull automotive, Ferrari have been capable of match the lap time and be quicker than them in a lot of the qualifying, so the automotive must be quick enough.'
Alonso took six podiums in the first eight races of last season with Aston Martin however struggled in the latter half of the season as the Silverstone-based group struggled to maintain up with the improvements from other groups around them.
The 42-year-old finally completed fourth for the season but heads into the new season with an air of uncertainty provided that his contract with Aston Martin runs out on the end of the season.
The 2-time F1 champion claimed he might nonetheless race until he was 50 however refuted any recommendations that McLaren had made contact with him about changing Hamilton's seat on the grid.
'I'm aware of my state of affairs, which is exclusive,' Alonso stated when requested about his future.
'There are only three world champions on the grid, and fast world champions, as a result of prior to now perhaps there have been some champions who have been perhaps not so committed to be fast. And I am in all probability the only one out there for 2025. So I am in a very good place.
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'But at the similar time, once I make the choice whether or not I need to maintain racing sooner or later, the primary and solely speak I will have at first shall be with Aston Martin. That shall be my solely precedence.
'But if we can't reach an settlement and I need to decide to race in F1, I know I've a privileged place, I'm in all probability engaging to different groups, the performance they saw final yr, the commitment.'
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