Former Ferrari F1 star pinpoints BIG Lewis Hamilton advantage

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Former Ferrari F1 star pinpoints BIG Hamilton advantage

The seven-time champion will head to the Italian team in 2025

Tyler Rowlinson

Tuesday 19 March 2024 01:00

Former F1 race winner and Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella has offered words to settle any Lewis Hamilton doubts ahead of a move to Ferrari.

The seven-time champion of the sport is set to move to the Italian squad for at least two seasons from the start of 2025.

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The move has already got the world of F1 excited for the next year, as fans and pundits alike get to see statistically the sport’s most successful driver will drive for the most successful team in F1 history.

Hamilton himself has said it is a childhood dream to drive for the iconic red team, but he will faces challenges going up alongside Charles Leclerc, who is now well-established with the team.

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari next season

Fisichella: Hamilton will feel with the team straight away

“It’s a little bit different to the English teams in terms of atmosphere, it’s a bit more like family. Straight away, he will feel into the team,” he said.

“That is very important when you move in a new team, feeling like part of the family straight away.”

Giancarlo Fisichella raced with Ferrari in 2009

The Italian knows first hand what it is like to be a part of the team, having raced for them back in 2009 after Luca Badoer was dropped after failing to impress as Felipe Massa’s replacement, following his horrific crash in Hungary.

Fisichella was brought in after his sensational second-place finish at Spa with Force India – the team’s first in F1 – but he failed to score a point with Ferrari, with his highest finish coming at their home grand prix at Monza, finishing ninth.

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