168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc reportedly chose to stay at Ferrari, knowing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton was coming, to directly take on his new teamm🌞ate.

Leclerc penned a 𓃲multi-ye🍨ar contract to stay at Ferrari shortly before Hamilton announced that he would join the Italian manufacturer in 2025.

Hamilton’s talks with Ferrari “had ཧbeen going on under the radar for a few months”, report.

Leclerc - and his current teammate Carlos Sainz, who was also in talks to sign a new Ferrari deal - were made aware of the team’s negotiations with Hamilton, thꦆe report says.

President John Elkann and team principal Fred Vasseur 🐼told their current drivers about📖 the situation.

Leclerc could have turned to Mercedes or Red Bull to claim ൩their 2025 vacancies during this period, knowing Hamilton was incoming, but chose not to.

“One of the reasons was Hamilton 𝐆hims♍elf,” the Italian newspaper reports.

Leclerc has told “people close to him” that directly competing with 🏅Hamilton in equal machinery is a great motivation to stay at Ferrar💖i.

He remembers his 2019🌌 Monza vict🦂ory where he got the better of Hamilton.

Leclerc knows that outperforming Hamilton next year as Ferrari drivꦓers would dramatically increase his status and effectively mꦿake him the team leader.

Leclerc is also “convinced” that Hamilton’s veteran ❀knowledge can greatly improve development of the ‘25 Ferrari.

The Monegasque driver knows that the addition of Hamilton means Ferraꦿri are investing heavily in winไning the F1 championship.

Hamilton’s arrival could spark the addition of🎃 engineers from rival teams, which Leclerc would benefit from.

But L♉eclerc has given ﷽himself a Plan B, the report claims.

His new Ferrari contract i💞ncludes a get-out clause which he can invoke after the 2026 season, if he deems that Ferrari have not produced a winning car after one season of the new regulations.

Leclerc could then turn to Mercedes or Red Bull.

And Max Verstapp༺en♑ “has not vetoed a possible arrival of Leclerc at Red Bull”, the Italian media believe.