Mar.14 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore assume Ferrari has made a mistake by signing Lewis Hamilton.
Former Formulation 1 CEO Ecclestone says the seven time world champion’s finest likelihood of additional success on the age of 40 and past would have been to remain in silver.
“Hamilton has already been extraordinarily profitable at Mercedes and is aware of the workforce and its processes inside out,” the 94-year-old Briton instructed Germany’s RTL.
“At Ferrari, nevertheless, there may be uncertainty as as to if he’ll obtain the mandatory help and a aggressive automobile,” Ecclestone added.
Ferrari is coming into the 2025 season with clear world championship ambitions, however Ecclestone admits he has his doubts.
“It’s not the expertise or the finances,” he mentioned. “It’s that they lack the correct management. That’s clearly seen from the skin.
“When Ferrari was profitable, Jean Todt was operating it and he had such a robust workforce round him that labored collectively completely.”
Ecclestone’s pal and long-time enterprise companion Briatore, now the highly effective advisor at Alpine, agrees.
“No, I wouldn’t have taken him,” the Italian instructed Corriere della Sera. “Ferrari already had two very sturdy drivers – (Charles) Leclerc and (Carlos) Sainz.
“Leaving apart the advertising and marketing that Lewis introduced, I believe Charles is among the quickest, the perfect in qualifying. And Carlos is hard. They had been an awesome pair, however Ferrari had different concepts.”
Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher is amongst those that assume Leclerc shall be forward of Hamilton in 2025.
“(George) Russell was finally the stronger and extra constant driver at Mercedes,” he instructed Sky Deutschland.
“Hamilton has been within the enterprise lengthy sufficient that he has to attempt to be quicker than Leclerc from the beginning, however I believe that’s nearly not possible,” Schumacher added. “As a result of Leclerc has grow to be actually good now.
“He has gained plenty of self-confidence and is aware of the automobile that was developed for him. So it is going to be troublesome for Hamilton proper from the beginning.”
