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 teammate.

Leclerc penned a multi-year contract to stay at Ferrari shorꦡtly before Hamilton announced that he would join the Italian manufacturer in 2025.

Hamilton’s talks with Ferrari “hꦏad been going on under the radar for a few months”, rep𒁏ort.

Leclerc - and his current teammate Carlos Sainz, who was also in talks to sign a new Fer♑rari deal - we🐲re made aware of the team’s negotiations with Hamilton, the report says.

Presid🎐ent 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 their 2025 vacancies during this period, knowing Hamilton was incomi♈ng, but chose not to.

“One of the reasons was Hamilton himself,” the Italian new⛎spaper reports.

Leclerc has told “people close to him” that directly competing with Hamilton in equal machinery is a great motivation to stay at Ferra🔯ri.

He remembers his 2019 Monza victory where he got t🍎he better of Ha꧂milton.

Leclerc knows ꧂that outperforming Hamil🐻ton next year as Ferrari drivers would dramatically increase his status and effectively make him the team leader.

Lecler꧑c is als🎉o “convinced” that Hamilton’s veteran knowledge can greatly improve development of the ‘25 Ferrari.

The Monegasque driver knows that thꦜe addition of Hamilton means Ferrari are investing heavily in winning the F1 championship.

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

But Lecler♏c has given himself a 🃏Plan B, the report claims.

His new Ferrari contract includes a get-out clause which he can invoke after the 2026 season, if he deems that Ferrari have not produced a winniꦦng car after one season o💟f the new regulations.

Leclerc could then turn to Mercedes or Red Bull.

And Max Verstappen “has not vetoed a possible arr𝕴ival of Leclerc at Red Bull”, the It❀alian media believe.