Hamilton’s 2022 was statistically the worst of his career - he didn’t win a single grand prix for the first time ever and now, aged 37, must find a way to wrestle back F1 dominance from his great rival Max Verstappen.

But R🌸ussell has also emerged as a potential threat - the younger Mercedes driver was responsible for the team’s only race win of 2022, in Brazil. It was Russell’s first-ev⛄er victory and he sees himself as a future world champion.

"They are an interesting duo in terms of personalities, becauseꩵ Lewis Hamilton usually has his 🦩ego flown in by jumbo jet and George Russell is more of a chatterbox who approaches things with an open mind,” Danner said to .

“To hജave those two in one team, I 🙈find very exciting.”

Germany’s Danner, now 64, drove in F1 during the 1980s for Zakspeed, Osella, Arrows and Rial🐼.

He thinks Ferrari will regret ꦰreplacing team principal Mattia Binotto with Fred Vasseur: "There is a magic word for success in Formula 1, and that is continuity.

"I am afraid Ferrari will be set back u🐟p three years by the departure of Mattia Binotto.”