Former Ferrari F1 engineer Rob Smedley has tipped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to give the Italian team “those extra one or two percentage points” when he💧 joi🌌ns in 2025.

Hamil𓂃ton will join Ferrari from next season after deciding to make a bombshell decision to leave Mercedes.

It will mark the end of Hamilton’s long term association with Merced🀅es, given that he’s only driven cars powered by the German brand since the start of his F1 career.

It looks highly unlikely Hamilton will end his F1 win drought with Mercedes gᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚiven their poor form so far in 2024.

However, looking ahead to 2025, Smedley - who was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Felipe Massa’s race engineer from 2006 to 𓆉2013 at Ferrari - feels like Hamilton will “thrive” next year.

“Tha🉐t’s what the passion of the tifosi… that’s how it 𒆙manifests itself. I think Lewis is a driver that will absolutely thrive in that environment, he said on the podcast.

“Okay, Red Bull took their foot off the gas as they put ღtheir efforts into 2024 but if you looked at the gap, especially i🧔n qualifying again, in Bahrain, they’re right there.

“Whether or not Lewis in a Ferrari today could take it to Max in a Red Bull, that’s a d𒉰ifferent question. But he hasn’t won seven World Championships by being lucky.

“He’s done it ൲because he is one of the al꧑l-time greats. I think somebody like Lewis can give Ferrari those extra one or two percentage points – that’s all they need.”

🔜Smedley also had some advice for Hamilton ahea🌳d of his switch next year.

The British engineer suggested that Hamilton ꦅshould “integrate himself” as much as possible and try and learn soꦕme Italian - something that will win over the Tifosi.

“He has a duty to himself and to his employer, to embed himself as much as he can, to integrate himself into the 🦩community,” he 🃏added.

“If he can learn to speaꦬk a little bit of Italian, they will absolutely adore him for it. But whatever he puts in – if he puts 100 per cent in, he’ll get 100 per cent back.”