Ferrari embrace Lewis Hamilton-Charles Leclerc rivalry: “Not scared at all”

Ferrari are confident Lewis Hami🐟lton and Charles Leclerc will elevate their performances on-track as a result of their rivalry.

Lewis Hamilton, Fred Vasseur and Charles Leclerc
Lewis Hamilton, Fred Vasseur and Charles Leclerc

Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur is confident168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc wi🌞ll push each other to perform at their best, dismiss🅠ing concerns about their on-track rivalry.

Ferrari have an all-star dr𒅌iver line-up for 2025 following Hamilton’s decision to join the team frꦚom Mercedes.

The Italian outfit’s F1 title drought stretches back to 2008 when th🍎ey last won the constructors’ champi𒐪onship.

Ferrari narrowly missed out on the constructors’ title last year to McLaren, finishing just 13 points behind💧 in the standings.

However, with Hamilton joining the team, 🥃many have tipped Ferrari ꦑto be an even stronger force.

Speaking to media, including , after the SF-25’s initial shakedown at Fiorano, Vasseur explained why he’s sure that Hamilton and Leclerc will help each other improve and that Ferrari need꧂s two drivers performing at 𒊎their best in 2025.

“𒅌Well, it’s always an opportunit༒y and one of the skills of the driver is to try to always improve,” Vasseur said. 

“A good way ♏to improve is also to take the experience or the performance of your teammate, because the driver is the closest to you and you can have access to the data that you can work with.

“If you are clever, you ca♍n do a step with the potential of your teammate. I’m fully, fully sure and I’m right, because we have already done two TPC and the shakedown toda♐y that it will be the case.

“Honestly, I’m not scared at all with this, because we 🍬need to have this kind of emulation. I spoke about it last year between Charles and Carlos.

“It was already the case, but as a team, if we want to perform, we need to have two drivers performing. We need to have two 🧜drivers in a kind of competition, a positive competition and a positive emulation. And I’m sure that it will be the case.”

Ferrari gear up for close F1 title battle

Ferrari emerged as McLaren’s neare𝓀st rival in the second half of last season.

After a decent start, with Ferrari winning in Australia and Monaco, their season fell apart with an upgrade package introduced at the S🐓panish Grand Prix.

They got their season back on track af🥀ter the summer break as Leclerc won in Monza and Austin, while Sainz dominated the Mexico City GP.

With the rules remain꧃ing stablꦡe over the winter, the title battle is expected to be tighter than ever.

McLaren ended 2024 as the fastest team - and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris is widely regard🔴ed as the favourite to take the title.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen proved last year that he doesn’t need the outright fastest caไr to win races, ultimately taking his fourth title with two🐷 rounds to go.

Mercedes are confident they’ve made gains over the winter, but will it be enough to put 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell into a title fight for the first time? 

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