F1 – Ferrari: Fiasco spill Hamilton?

Next year, Lewis Hamilton will no longer be a Mercedes driver because he will join the Ferrari team. Carlos Sainz will give up his seat and the Englishman will form the expected duo with Charles Leclerc. If everyone is looking forward to this future partnership, Ferrari legend Alain Prost does not have to see the arrival of the seven-time world champion in the right way.

At the age of 39, Lewis Hamilton is preparing to face the final challenge of his career as a Formula 1 driver. In 2025, he will join Ferrari to try to regain their letters of honor, lost since the end of the era. Michael Schumacher. But is this really a good idea? Alain Prost answered this question.

“The question is whether it’s a good decision”

In comments reported by Car games, Alain Prost was touched by the later advent of Lewis Hamilton chez Ferrari : « I can understand his decision, because when you are in a team like Mercedes, with which you haven’t won a Grand Prix for two years and which has difficulty getting back to the front, at his age, he says to himself ‘Okay. , why don’t we try something different?’ I’m not sure he was likely to go to Red Bull, at least not with Max (Verstappen), that’s for sure, it’s impossible. Later, there was Ferrari, especially with the rule change in 2026. That leaves just one year, in 2025, to settle on the team. After 2026 he will be 42, maybe even 43, so that will be a different story. But I can understand why he doesn’t want to stop running. The question is whether it is a good decision. Would this be a good choice? And we can also ask a question to Ferrari. »

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“I think it’s not easy”

« It’s good for F1, because everyone will watch it. We can have an idea of ​​how it will be, but this idea that we can have today will be different next year at the same stage, because he will be one year old. Will he find his motivation at Ferrari? It’s possible, because if it’s a short period, maybe just a year, and Ferrari is doing well, I think he can regain his enthusiasm. The relationship with Charles (Leclerc), but also the environment at Ferrari, is also important, explain Prost. He spent a lot of time with the English team, at Mercedes, and the way of working, and he goes to the Italian team, especially with a different pressure, a different way of thinking, under pressure from the media. I think it’s not that simple. »