Narrative shifts as Ferrari reveal earliest talks with Lewis Hamilton
Fred Vasseur sheds light on his first talks with ▨Lewis ꦏHamilton about signing for Ferrari.
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has opened up about when he first reached out to168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton over a move to F1’s most iconic team.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton is preparing to start ꧃his first season with Ferra🌠ri having completed a blockbuster switch from Mercedes after 12 years.
Hamilton rocked the F1 world by announcing he would be leaving the🅺 Silver Arrows in February last year after deciding to activate a break clause in his one-plus-one year Mercedes contract.
Ferrari team p𒁃rincipal Vasseur has now revealed he initially approached Hamilton around the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
“We both started talking about it at🌺 the Monaco GP 2023, on May 28, myᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ birthday to be precise,” Vasseur told . “I quickly realised that it could happen.
“I knew that the desire was there on his side, that iཧt had always been there in fact. It wasn’t possible on ouꦛr side for 2024, because we had both our drivers under contract.
“Lewis had always had Ferrari in the back of his mindꦡ, 𒁃and I thought the planets were aligning. For me, having Lewis with Charles was one more stone in the edifice.”
Ferrari call left Lewis Hamilton ‘shaking’
Hamilton re💜cently recalled his reaction to the first phone call with Ferrari in an interview with TܫIME magazine.
“I remember getting off the phone and, like, almost 🍨shaking,” Hamilton said. “I was like, Oh God!
“I was like, Holy sh-t. I lit💟erally just signed with Mercedes. It was a lot to take in, and my emotions wer𝓰e really high. So I honestly had to go for a walk.”
After several days spent meditating, Hamilton said he knew a sw🔥itch to Ferrari was “the right thing for me.”
"Yo🐷u can’t stand still for too long. I needed to throw myself ꦜinto something uncomfortable again,” he added.
“Honestly, I thought all mꦿy firsts were done. Your first car, your first crash,𒁏 your first date, first day of school.
“The🍎 excitement I got by the idea of, ‘This is my first time in the red suit, the first time in the Ferrari.’
“Wow. Honestly, I’ve never been so excited.”
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