Horner Believes Ferrari Might Be 'Revitalization' For Hamilton Who Has Been 'Looking Flat'
F1Saturday, 21 December 2024 at 14:00
Red Bull Racing F1 team principal Christian Horner shared his thoughts on Lewis Hamilton, who will join Ferrari at the start of 2025.
2025 will be the season in which the most successful driver and the most successful team in F1's history partner up to win the title together.
Lewis Hamilton will be taking Carlos Sainz's place alongside Charles Leclerc. The problem that the Briton is now facing is his qualifying performance.
In 2024, Hamilton lost the head-to-head qualifying with George Russell 6-24 (including sprint qualifying). He will now become teammates with Leclerc, who many pundits and experts consider the best qualifier on the grid.
Can Hamilton return to his best once he joins Ferrari? That's the question many people are asking at the moment.
The team principal of Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner, believes Ferrari might be just what the seven-time world champion needs, he told talkSPORT:
"Lewis, that's a big move. He's been with the Mercedes family his entire career, so to step out of that into arguably the biggest brand in Formula 1, Ferrari."
"It's a great story for Formula 1, and it could be just the revitalization of Lewis that he's been looking for. He's looked very flat the last three years and perhaps that relationship became a little stale."
"Lewis, he's the most successful driver in the history of the sport, and driving a Ferrari next year, [he] could well be a serious competitor."
Hamilton recently opened up about his final season with Mercedes, suggesting there was a lot of turbulence and sharing how he went over many ups and downs with his colleagues in the German team.
The 39-year-old has already said his final goodbye to everyone, including all the sponsors and colleagues at Mercedes factories in Germany and the United Kingdom, and is ready to join the F1 team in Maranello after the winter holidays.
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