Lando Norris approves the choice of Lewis Hamilton
The McLaren driver, just weeks after returning to the track, returned to his compatriot’s decision to espouse the Ferrari cause.
The McLaren driver, just weeks after returning to the track, returned to his compatriot’s decision to espouse the Ferrari cause.
The former British driver spoke bluntly about Alpine’s young rookie.
“It will be very different to have certain verbal confrontations with someone like Hamilton than when he had them with someone like Carlos Sainz.”
While waiting for the official presentation of the new single-seater, the Scuderia di Maranello team principal is already focused on the upcoming tests at Sakhir in Bahrain.
“I don’t think he will get the same attention that he had in Mercedes.”
The Irish businessman commented on the possible performance of the British driver at the wheel of Ferrari.
The former Ferrari Spaniard speaks clearly: “After my farewell to McLaren, I realized that I have to trust my instincts.”
A former Academy driver between 2015 and 2018, the Chinese makes his return to Maranello as a reserve driver.
Out comes the splendid new book by the author of Ferrari Rex. “The Austrian had been underestimated,” he says.
“Since I left I have heard from some of the team members, but since I left the FIA I have never had a contact.”
The Briton, now a veteran in Mercedes, sees excellent signs from his young Italian teammate.
“It was kind of like when you get divorced amicably and everything is fine, but then you see your former partner for the first time with her new friend.”
Accident without consequences for the British driver during testing at the Montmeló circuit: damage to the SF-23.
“There is so much passion within the team, and that is great because everyone is willing to work that extra hour and is really motivated.”
The Argentine driver, complicit in Williams’ signing of Carlos Sainz, has been unable to find a seat for the upcoming F1 season.
The Cavallino team principal extols the qualities of the Spaniard, who he believes will revive Williams.
The seven-time world champion’s first words as a driver for the Maranello company at Fiorano.
The British driver made his debut behind the wheel of the red car during the first tests at Fiorano.
“I couldn’t be happier to realize that dream today,” he wrote.
Mercedes team principal tells some background on the engagement of the Italian, to whom Lewis Hamilton is also linked.
The Austrian team’s advisor wanted to compare the two most successful drivers at the Milton Keynes-based stable.
“With the completion of the AMR technology campus and the transition in 2026 to an official team, we are ready to become a title team,” he stressed.
After his first year in F1 at Williams, the Argentine moved to the French stable as a reserve driver.
The contract between F1 and the Emilia-Romagna track will expire at the end of the 2025 season.
The former Red Bull driver dwelt on the difficulties and pressures the young New Zealander will face.
The Cavallino team principal spoke about the very first contact with the British champion.
The Red Bull driver is already focused on the 2025 season.
He has taken Sergio Perez’s place and has a big dream: to challenge his stablemate.
Alpine’s executive director commented on the decision by the Maranello-based Scuderia to target the seven-time world champion as Charles Leclerc’s teammate starting in 2025.