‘It was not his dream 12 months ago’ - Fernando Alonso reacts to Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari switch
Fernando Alonso questionꩲed Lewis Hamilton's claim that drivꦑing for Ferrari was his childhood dream.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso says he was surprised by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari for F1 2025 because h📖e thought his༺ old rival was loyal to Mercedes.
The news of Hamilton’s decision to l💛eave Mercedes at the end of this season and complete a bombshelဣl switch to Ferrari rocked the F1 world and has sent the driver market into a frenzy.
Alonso, Hamilton’s former McLaren teammate and 2007 title nemesis, revealed he initially missed the a🌃nnouncement because he was training.
“I was training actually that day so I missed all the stress from eve🌠rybody so I was one day late on the news,” the two-time world champion said.
“Probably it was a surprise, I will not lie. But not because of the change itself, 🦩𝐆it’s just because from the outside it seemed he was very linked to Mercedes and very loyal to them.
“It was a little bit unexpected but I don’t know the reason behind it. I don’t know anything, so it’s more a question for him. I didn’t pay too much attention🍷 or spend much time thinking about it.”
Seven-time world champion Hamilton, who has not won a race for the last two seasons with Mercedes, described his impending move to Maranello a💖s being a “childhood dream”.
Alonso could not resist༺ questioning Hamilton's claim, saying: “It was not his childhood dream 12 months ago, no? Or two months ago I guess, because it was a different dream then.”
But the Spaniard did say that Hamilton's move to Ferrari could be the difference in turning the Italian team into championship contenders💙.
“I hope he enjoys the exper🤪ience, I think it’s a very special team. It is more special when you wi▨n,” Alonso added.
“That’s the thing - you need to win. It’s a few years already that they have 💃a very fast car and they were fighting for big things and maybe Lewis can bring that extra to fight for the championship.
“Because I think, as I said, I think the car is there. At the end of last year even with a very dominant Red Bul🐬l car, Ferrari was still able to match the lap times and be faster than them in most of the qualifying.
“So I think the car should be fast enough.”
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