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Juan Pablo Montoya is convinced that Lewis Hamilton is on course for an F1 2025 title charge with Ferrari following his arrival from Mercedes.
And he believes the seven-time World Champion has timed his latest team switch to perfection, likening it to Hamilton‘s move from McLaren to Mercedes in 2013.
Lewis Hamilton tipped for Ferrari F1 2025 title charge Hamilton is due to start work at Ferrari next month, having announced in February that he will join Ferrari on a multi-year contract from the F1 2025 season.
Hamilton stands as the most decorated driver in F1 history, having equalled Michael Schumacher’s long-standing record of seven titles in 2020 before becoming the first man to surpass 100 grand prix wins and pole positions the following year.
The British driver’s only previous team move came at the end of 2012 season, when he left McLaren to replace Schumacher at Mercedes.
McLaren proceeded to go nine years without a race win after Hamilton’s departure, yet returned to the summit of the sport in F1 2024 by claiming their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998.
After a tentative start to his Mercedes career, meanwhile, Hamilton went on to win six titles in seven years with Mercedes after the V6-hybrid regulations were introduced in 2014. With Ferrari falling just 14 points behind McLaren in the final F1 2024 standings, Montoya believes Hamilton is arriving at Maranello at just the right time.
And he is convinced there is “a real possibility” that he could finally land a record eighth World Championship in F1 2025. He told Instant Casino: “Every time Lewis jumps ship, he does so to a winning car. It is remarkable. It is great for him and hats off to him. “He goes to McLaren and starts winning. He leaves McLaren and everyone wonders why. “They go to the back of the grid and Lewis goes to Mercedes and wins all those championships. It is uncanny. “Ferrari are making such improvements and low [sic] and behold here comes Lewis.
It is unbelievable. “I don’t know how he does it but he always lands in a better place. “Good for him and it will be great to have Lewis in a Ferrari winning races and potentially the championship. “That is a real possibility.” Hamilton has been restricted to just two race victories over the last three seasons with Mercedes struggling to get to grips with the ground-effect regulations implemented at the start of 2022.
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