Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vasseur does not want news of168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton’s impending arrival to become a “distraction” for the te🎀am in 2024.

Confirmation of Hamilton’s blockbuster decision to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari on a multi-year deal in 2025 stunned the F1 world earlier this month, and left incumbent 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz without a drive for next year.

Speaking publicly about Hamilton’s arrival for the first time since the news broke following the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: launch of the SF-24 on Tuesday, Ferrari team principal Vasseur undꦡerlined his desire to maintain focus on the upcoming campaign𒁃.

“It’s a huge opportunity for the team for sure [signing Hamilton],” Vassꦡeur told media including wuqian0821.com.

“We are sure that he will bring us an additi🎉onal step for the future and it will be a good challenge for everybody.

“But we want to focus on 2024. We don’t want to have any kind of distraction, which is why we made the announcement so early, becau🎶se it was important for us to be focused on 2024.

“I’m fully convinced that Carlos will be fully dedicated and committed to the season,꧃ until the last lap and the last corner of the season and equally I am sure that the whole team will be fully motivated and fully behind Carlos.

“But it is important for us to be focused on 2024. We have a good opportu🌳nity. We worked so hard on the project that we don’t want to have any distractions.”

Asked how talks with Hamilton first came about, Vasseur, who was in charge of the ART Grand Prix team with whom🐟 Hamilton won the GP2 title in ꦑ2006, replied: “We have had a good relationship for a bit more than 20 years.

“We were always in contact to speak about things and it came naturally. It came step by💮 step.”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, Hamilton’s next F1 teammate, revealed he has been 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:exchanging texts with the seven-time world champion abo🃏ut the move.

And the Monegasque said he knew Hamilton wo🎃uld be joining Ferrari priꦇor to signing his bumper contract extension.