Lewis Hamilton in Pink, it’s getting severe
All the pieces is now set for Lewis Hamilton’s first season with Ferrari, which can start subsequent week at the Australian Grand Prix. The Melbourne circuit will see the belief of the dream of many Ferrari followers who’ve lengthy wished to see the seven-time world champion in Maranello, particularly in the course of the years when #44 dominated the scene on the wheel of the Mercedes. Nevertheless, in 2021, in a extremely controversial championship finale, it was Max Verstappen who ended the Briton’s and Mercedes’ streak of success.
The file in sight
The one driver to have surpassed 100 victories and 100 pole positions, Lewis Hamilton’s major aim will now be to interrupt Michael Schumacher’s file of world titles, aiming for his eighth championship. For the primary time in his profession, the Englishman will compete in a season with out being powered by Mercedes engines, a sight that Norbert Haug finds deeply unappealing.
Unhappiness in seeing him in new colours
The previous head of Mercedes’ motorsport division, the German performed a key function in Lewis Hamilton’s rise with McLaren underneath Mercedes and has expressed his disappointment at seeing him in Ferrari: “It’s really very unhappy for me,” he admitted to Sky Deutschland. “I by no means thought Lewis would change groups once more. I’ve recognized him since he was 14 years outdated. There’s nonetheless a fantastic relationship. I hadn’t seen him for years… and I don’t know. Whenever you’ve labored with individuals, with drivers, for therefore lengthy, it appears like the primary day, as if the final assembly was simply yesterday. Anybody who thinks that at 40 years outdated he’ll decelerate, push the throttle much less, or work much less intensely is mistaken. He’ll give every little thing for Ferrari. I’ve full confidence in him to ship the very best doable efficiency within the race. If the automobile is sweet, why shouldn’t he combat for the eighth title?” – he identified.
A stolen title
Norbert Haug is satisfied that Lewis Hamilton will do every little thing to win that eighth title, which he misplaced in 2021 after a controversial determination by Race Management concerning the correct implementation of the Security Automobile. The ruling favored Max Verstappen’s last-lap overtake on Lewis Hamilton, securing the world title for the Dutchman and Pink Bull: “The previous couple of years have been powerful since we misplaced the title in 2021,” Norbert Haug continued. “That was actually a stolen title, there’s no different method to put it, because of the unsuitable Security Automobile determination at that second, and after that, there was a collapse. The vehicles and the crew suffered many setbacks, together with final 12 months. The victories that did come had been solely in sure circumstances, primarily in low temperatures.”
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