{"id":5946,"date":"2024-12-28T13:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T13:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2024-12-28T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T13:15:42","slug":"formula-e-veteran-never-chosen-lewis-hamilton-ferrari-f1-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5946","title":{"rendered":"Formula E veteran \u2018would never have chosen\u2019 Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari F1 seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIA Formula E veteran Lucas Di Grassi has said that he \u201cwould never have chosen\u201d Lewis Hamilton for a Formula 1 seat with Ferrari had the decision been his.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian, who has competed in the all-electric series since its inception in 2014, believes the seven-time champion, who raced against di Grassi in Formula 3 as well as his GP2 title-winning year in 2006, is unable to compete at a high level anymore.<\/p>\n

Speaking to motorsport.com Brazil, di Grassi says another disadvantage is the cost that Hamilton has brought to the\u00a0prancing horse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never hire Hamilton for Ferrari, if I were with Ferrari,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, he is expensive, and I don\u2019t think he is still in his prime. I would not hire Hamilton, but instead choose another driver who will reach his peak within Ferrari at the right time.<\/p>\n

Di Grassi believes that Hamilton\u2019s experience brings other attributes, but will not sufficiently aid the team to reach its former heights.<\/p>\n

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\u201c[He] can get around this [his supposed lack of pace] with experience, strategy, talking to the team and improving the team, improving the set-up, and understanding the car better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a question of the driver at Ferrari; it\u2019s much more a question of getting the car right. They have shown that now: when they got the car right, they were fighting for the Constructors\u2019 title.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI simply think that the maximum [he] will impact [in the short term] is from the point of view of marketing, but I think, from the point of view of the results, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lewis Hamilton seeking eighth title with Ferrari<\/h2>\n

Hamilton is leaving Mercedes after 12 years of service with the team, winning six of his seven Drivers\u2019 titles to join up with Charles Leclerc at Maranello.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old, who will turn 40 by the time of his first race in scarlet red, is looking to become F1\u2019s record title winner.<\/p>\n

After tying with\u00a0Michael Schumacher\u2019s record of seven\u00a0in 2020, Hamilton narrowly lost the 2021 title in dramatic and controversial circumstances to Max Verstappen in the final race in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

The intervening years have been difficult for Hamilton, going almost three years without a Grand Prix victory, breaking his drought with an emotional win on home soil at Silverstone in July.<\/p>\n

The move to Italy will be one that Hamilton hopes to be the tonic to take him back to the front of the grid.<\/p>\n

Di Grassi, who competed in F1 for Virgin Racing in 2010, won the first-ever E-Prix in Beijing in 2014, taking the title in Season 3, having narrowly missed out in Seasons 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

He also jointly holds the record for most wins in FE, with 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIA Formula E veteran Lucas Di Grassi has said that he \u201cwould never have chosen\u201d Lewis Hamilton for a Formula 1 seat with Ferrari had the decision been his. The Brazilian, who has competed in the all-electric series since its inception in 2014, believes the seven-time champion, who raced against di Grassi in Formula 3 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