Would you like Hamilton at Ferrari?

Hamilton is a winner... I guess you don't like winning?

 

Would you like Hamilton at Ferrari.... that depends if you like winning all the time?

 

Exactly! If you don't then no if you do then... self explanatory

 

Completely disagree. I think Lewis could have won the WC for Ferrari. After all, he wouldn't have Lewis in a Mercedes to contend with. The Ferraris, with Kimi and Seb, have shown that they can beat Bottas fairly regularly, so put Lewis in the Ferrari, and I would expect even better results. Maybe Max in a Mercedes could challenge, but he can't stop believing he's driving a bumper car.

 

Hamilton would have won this WDC in the Ferrari with a larger point spread tyben he did at Mercedes. Hamilton would have won but at least 80 points in the Ferrari simply by not throwing the races away that Seb did...

 

Yeah yeah, same ole same ole. Whatever Ferrari have never ever wanted him, bet that hurts quite a bit to know he isn’t as popular as you want him to be


Forza Ferrari..... the only racing team and car marque that matters. Italia forever It’s easier to apologise than it is to ask permission

 

I'd cheer for bin Laden if he was in a red car

 

You're pretty popular.

 

yes. They need a driver like Hamilton to win again.

 

Then they are fools... smh. Vettel will never bring Ferrari a WDC, I think Vettel will never win another WDC again. Leclerc will take more points off Vettel than Bottas will from Hamilton. Vettel will leave Ferrari after 2019 and Leclerc will not be ready to lead Ferrari in 2020. Who is going to take Vettel's spot?

 

If the Honda engine is just a hair more than the current Renault engine than I think Max is next year's WDC. Nothing about liking him or not. Just talent combined with a car. Hamilton is simply better than Vettel and so I'd like Hamilton in a Ferrari. Leclerc will or won't meet everyone's expectations. The grid is filled with almosts and maybes...Hulkenburg, Sainz, Grosjean, Perez, probably Ocon if he doesn't get a ride in 2019, and Ricardo if the Renault flops. Right now the three best are Hamilton, Max, and Vettel. Ferrari doesn't care about anything but winning. If the cars stay equal, 2019 goes to Max or Hamilton...and Ferrrai's only chance is with Hamilton in 2020.

 

I agree with a lot is this but Max doesn't have the maturity yet to win a WDC, he proved that again with Ocon. He had everything to lose and Ocon had nothing but he still pressed him and lost. Hamilton no longer makes these types of mistakes and if you want to best him you can't either.

 

Never going to happen. If vettel had the right car and the right strategies, he has proven he will win with his four Championships himself, the difference in the two is not speed, they both have that, but Elton has every bit of Mercedes behind him, along with a car that is the class of the field (because the FIA managed to nobble our best innovations, and all the while, allow Mercedes to run several key illegal and ‘legal illegal’ developments to catch and pass the early promise of ferrari) and serious collusion with the stewards and FIA when it comes to sanctions and penalties that others do not get the benefit of. Put Vettel, ricciardo, or even max, in that position, and they’d all win multiple championships in the Mercedes, probably with the support, even dullards like Ocon or bottles could do it.

Elton brings speed, yes, but he also brings a proper full on neediness to the party. Ferrari don’t react well when the driver asks a single question about the running of the car, they are well aware that the whining from 44 would be unbelievable in race one alone, let alone put up with a season of him blaming the team for every bad strategy call, of which there are many. No, Elton could not, and should not, ever darken our doors, as this will be the shortest lived tenure of a driver in a long time.

 

I would think this is a big issue for any driver if true. With limited physical testing there is no way drivers today can know their cars as intimately as say Hill with Williams in 1993-1994 (having been Williams test driver for most of the 93 season) or Schumacher with Ferrari so why a team would not want to support and pamper the guy in the driving seat with information when asked is beyond me.

Re the topic of Hamilton at Ferrari. Sure, why not, I don't really care. But he is getting old so possibly not a long term solution. And it's quite possible he, being used to winning, would end up doing what Vettel is doing now.

 

I used to be a big Vettel fan back in the days when he was winning everything over at Red Bull. In fact I was thrilled when he signed for Ferrari and I had high hopes thinking (and saying) that his last year at RB was just a temporary down phase due to lack of motivation. I think I was wrong. In reality he is on his way down and out of the sport. Time to realize this and move on.

As for Hamilton, he is on top right now and might be for a few more years, so yes it would make sense to have him at Ferrari (except that this will not happen). But Ferrari also needs to look at the bigger picture since Lewis' days in F1 are numbered as well.

Leclerc might be the answer (not yet convinced). Let's hope he can live up to expectations.

But the guy Ferrari should really trying to hire is Max. He is the future of F1.

 

That would be fireworks and carbon fiber flying... I guess Seb would like to see that while cruising to a WDC in either the Mercedes or RB then....

 

Why not darken the the door set at Ferrari? As long as he wins the WDC nothing else should matter especially how much darker the doorstep is if Hamilton is standing in it!
If Hamilton drove the Ferrari he would have wrapped up the WDC just like he did at Mercedes but only sooner. Vettel threw away over 50 points with his fragile inconsistency making massive championship deciding mistakes the entire way. The Ferrari was the THE class of the field for many race this season and instead of capitalizing on this Vettel cracked under the pressure, Hamilton rises under pressure and maximized the situation Hamilton doesn't crack.

 

I wouldn't bet on that.

 

I would think that Ferrari would want to see a more consistent Max before making him the leader of the team.

 

I remember in Schumacher's days when Ferrari was winning everything and people claimed the FIA favored Ferrari and how Ferrari got away with special treatment, and how the other teams didn't get the same...etc., etc., etc. I disagreed with that and I disagree with you on this same point. Mercedes has put together the better team, and even if the car is at a disadvantage at one race or the other, they have the best driver, and the best #2. Ferrari as a team has made terrible decisions, and so has Vettel as a driver. Nobody robbed anyone, Ferrari got beaten fair and square. It didn't matter if the Ferrari was slightly better at this track or that, they lost because of people. And I'd like to see them winning, but only under the circumstances that it is the best car and the best driver. The Hamilton rag is getting old. Ferrari needs him more than he needs them.

 

Why would Lewis leave a team that has won 5 times in a row ??
I'd bet money that he'll see his career through at Merc and retire

 

I agree with this. However, that's not the question.

 

I agree entirely.

 

Ferrari's best bet is to work steadfastly on 2021 rule changes and just ride out the next two seasons

 

Also, they have to find new talents and train them using their client teams: Sauber and Haas.