Former Ferrari F1 engineer Rob Smedley has tipped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to give the Italian team “those extra one♏ or two percentage points” when he joins in 2025.

Hamilton will join Ferrari from next seaso🐟n after deciding to make a bombshell decision to leave Mercedes.

It will mark the end of Hamilton’s long term association with Mercedes, given that he’s only driven cars powered by the♒ German brand since the start of his F1 career.

♉It looks highly unlikely Hamilton will end his F1 win drought with Mercedes given their poor form so far in 2024.

However, looking ahead to 2025, Smedley - who was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Felipe Massa’s race en❀gineer from 2006 to 2013 at♉ Ferrari - feels like Hamilton will “thrive” next year.

“That▨’s what the passion of the tifosi… that’s how it manifests itself. I think Lewis is a driver that will absolutely thrive in that environment, he said on the podcast.

“Okay, Red Bull🙈 took their foot off the gas as they put their efforts into 2024 but if you looked at the gap, especially in qualifying agaꦦin, in Bahrain, they’re right there.

“Whether or not Lewis in a Ferrari today cou♔ld take it to Maꦓx in a Red Bull, that’s a different question. But he hasn’t won seven World Championships by being lucky.

“He’s done it because he is one of the all-time greats. I think somebody like Lewis can give Ferrari those extra one or two percentage points – tha💧t’s all they need.”

Smedley also had someღ advice for Hamilton ahead of his swi✱tch next year.

The British engineer suggested that Hamilton should “integrate himself” as much as possible and try and learn some Italian - something that will win over the🦩 Tifosi.

“He has a duty to himself and to his emp♊loyer, to embed himself as much as he can, to integrate hi꧟mself into the community,” he added.

“If he can learn to speak a little bit of Italian💧, they will absolutely adore him for it. But whatever he puts in – if he puts 100 per cent in, he’ll get 100 per cent back.”