Lewis Hamilton draws Michael Schumacher comparison with “human element” key to success

"That’s still important today and I think Hamilton is one of those who can br🐼ing that type of power to the𒆙 team."

Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher
Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher

F1 steward Johnny Herbert sees similarities between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Michael Schumacher in how they ca🌺n galvanise a team, stressing the importanc🗹e of the “human element”.

Hamilton embarks on a new journey with Ferra🥃ri in F1 2025 after leaving Mercedes🅺 following 12 years with them.

This week, the seven-time world cham🌱pion visited Maranello for the first time before taking to the traღck in Ferrari’s 2023 F1 challenger.

Hamilton hopes his s꧙witch to ཧFerrari will culminate in a record-breaking eighth F1 title triumph.

Schumacher won five of🦄 his seven ﷽F1 titles with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004 and was often credited for his ability to work with the team on a human level.

Speaking to , Herbert feel🀅s that Hamilton can follow in Schumacher’s footsteps.

“The drivers’ comments are still very important,” Herbert said. “There have been times over the last five years where the simulator and their algorithm are the 🉐most important thing, and it’s the biggest direction they use for the development of the car.

“And then as we’ve seen with Mercedes, just for example, where they struggled like hell and then they started listening to the drivers a little bit more and that helped them as well. There’s always a human element that has to come into play. Someone like Hamilton has that wonderful ability to be able to explain what is𒊎 going on underneath them in the car and what they’re expecting from the car.

“The man that I always saw do that, probably for the first time, is Michꦿael Schumacher. He made sure that Rory Byrne, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt had an understanding𒀰, and they understood what Michael wanted from the car. That allowed them to go away and, for Rory, especially the designer, to give him the tools that he needed.”

Hamilton can “bring that type of power” to Ferrari

While 2024 was a challenging 💯year for Hamil💧ton personally, the 40-year-old has been backed to have the “hunger” to push for the title this year.

Ferrari’s F1 title drought stretches ba🏅ckꦅ to 2008 when they won the constructors’ championship.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel have faile🐭d to bring the title home to Maranello over the last couple of decades - something Hamilton hopes will change during his time with the team.

Herbert, who was teammates with Schumacher at Benetඣton, is🙈 confident

Hamilton will have a significant impact on Ferrari🎀.

“That’s the human 🌼element that Michael Schumacher gave to a team,” he added.

“That’s still important today and I think Hamilton is one✤ of those who can bring that type of power to the team.

“There’s no reason that Fe💯rrari should not have improved on what they had last year. Yes, I know everybody else is going to improve t🦋o a degree, but there’s no reason why they can’t.”

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