The F1 champion sends warning to Lewis Hamilton before Ferrari’s debut

Mister Lewis Hamilton You must start running in Ferrari or risking a complicated ‘situation’ with your teammate Charles Leclerc.

That is the opinion of the world champion of Formula 1 Jacques Villeneuve before Opening race of the 2025 season in Australia This weekend.

After four consecutive victories in the championship Max VerstappenThis year it seems to be one of the most unpredictable in the recent history of F1.

In the preseason tests, McLaren looked stronger, doing Lando Norris The first favorites, but Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes are not far from the rhythm.

As expected, much of the attention during the winter holidays has been in Hamilton as the seven -time champion completed his transfer to the Scuderia – Unite the most successful driver and team in the history of sport.

The 40 -year -old seems revitalized in the Italian outfit, but Villeneuve warned him that things could change very quickly if not immediately deliver and his new teammate is surpassed by his new teammate.

Speaking exclusively with the Metro through Yaysweepstakes.comThe 1997 world champion said: ‘Charles has been there for a while and has been pushed like the future, the great Ferrari star.

‘They have been trying to develop their image as the Ferrari driver and suddenly enters Lewis, who is the driver with the biggest profile of all time. It has all records, etc., etc., and so on, how can you fight that?

‘It is very, very difficult. Because if you look at all winter, since the last race, all we hear is Lewis and Ferrari, Lewis and Ferrari … as Leclerc is completely non -existent.

‘All that could quickly change with a couple of incredible Leclerc races and some Lewis average races. That would accumulate Leclerc, which is what they have been trying to do for years.

‘What would that do with Lewis now in Ferrari on the other hand? That would lead to a situation.

Ferrari signed only one year after making his F1 debut, Ferrari signed in 2019 and instantly had an impact, eclipseing the four -time champion Sebastian Vettel.

With eight victories and an impressive 26 positions in the Pole, the Monegásque is one of the fastest drivers of the grid and worshiped by Ferrari and his passionate base of Tifosi fans.

Hamilton has a lot of experience with rapid teammates, of course, including Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg and George Russell.

In 18 seasons of F1, he could only beat his teammate four times and Villeneuve does not believe that Leclerc turns him into five in 2025.

Predict the first five for this year’s championship, the Canadian proposed to Norris to claim his first title ahead of Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc and Russell, surprisingly to the other McLaren of Oscar Piasstri.

‘Norris-Piastri dynamics is already in place. There is nothing to change there, ‘added the former Williams driver.

‘The difference is that they reach the first race knowing that both could have an opportunity in the championship. Last year they didn’t think they had that opportunity.

‘We will see from the first race. It could be that they (McLaren) already know how to address it in whom to put the hammer.

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