Hamilton's Chances Of Winning With Ferrari Doubted By Todt Amid Schumacher Comparison

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 at 22:00

Former Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt warned that it won't be easy for the Italian team to win the Championship with Lewis Hamilton.

The seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton will replace Carlos Sainz in Ferrari at the end of this season, hoping to win a record-breaking eighth World Championship with the Italian team.

While Hamilton is the most successful driver, and Ferrari is the most successful team in the history of F1, it remains to be seen how this combo will perform against the competition.

As quoted by Sport.de, the former team principal of Ferrari, Jean Todt, assessed the chances of Hamilton winning the title with Scuderia in a recent interview with Sport Bild:

"Other teams, such as Red Bull, currently have a better chance of winning the world championship."

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"Even if Ferrari is generally doing better than it was in my time. When I started in 1993, we had to completely restructure the racing team. On a scale of one to ten, Ferrari was a five. Today, it's much better. With Lewis, the team will be a nine out of ten."

Will 9/10 be enough? The 78-year-old highlighted how perfect everything has to be for the Italian F1 team to win the title.

"For a world championship title, everything has to be perfect. They were always contenders, but it never worked out. That's because the last step is the most difficult. And for that to happen, everything has to be right."

We should not forget that Ferrari also has Charles Leclerc, who has struggled in recent few races but is widely considered a future World Champion.

Will Hamilton, Leclerc, and Ferrari be the title-winning combination? It might be, but the former Ferrari team principal warns it takes more time than one might think.

"Ferrari has always had two very good drivers because every driver wants to wear the red overalls. With Lewis, they now have the most successful of all time alongside Michael [Schumacher]."