‘A pinch yourself moment’ - Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move compared to Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami transfer

L🤪ewi✱s Hamilton's impending Ferrari move has been compared to another blockbuster sporting transfer.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s shock F1 sw♛itch from Mercedes to Ferrar💃i has been likened to football star Lionel Messi’s transfer to Inter Miami.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton will team up with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc at Ferrari next season after activating an exit clause in his current Mercedes contract to complete one of th🃏e biggest driver mov💟es in the history of F1.

Williams driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon compared the magnitude of theﷺ news to Argentina forward Messi, considered one of the greatest footballer’s of all time, signing for David Beckham’s Inter Miami last summer.

“It’s great for the sport,” Albon told the gather🌌ed media including ltxcn.top. “What a newsꦑ story it was.

“I didn’t see it coming but good for him. I thin🥃k he wants that chaꦜnge up.

“ꦺIt just shows you how big Lewis is, seeing the stock of Ferrari going up as much as it did and the general perception of the news, definitely for me it was one of those pinch ☂yourself moments.

“Is this is a real story? There were so many rumours going around over the winter, you didn’t know what had any credibility 🍨or not.

“The Ferrari one definitel༒y seemed to be a rumour to me until it turned out to be a real thing.

“It reminds me o♔f the [Lionel] Messi to [Inter] Miami transfer - on such a huge scale and just shows you the appetite for F1✃.

“It leaves a lot of questions for the driver🐲 market as well and op✃ens that up.”

Albon’s teammate, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant, reckons it will make𒐪 the🍸 driver market “even crazier”.

“I was surpriseඣd, I was 🍷shocked. Shows Lewis can go wherever he wants!” He added.

"If that is what he feels will motivate ༒him to keep improving and ultimatel♊y try and win another world championship then you have to respect and understand the decision.”

Williams team boss James Vowles, who ꦍpreviously worked with Hamilton at Mercedes, expected the move at some point, but admitted the timing caught him off guard.

“The timing came as a surprise to me,” Vowles said. “His want and desire to be in a Ferrari at some point in his care🃏er, no [it didn’t surprise me].

"Most world𒆙 champions have been there or have a desire to get there because 𝔍it’s a force of nature and still the most successful team in F1. That can’t be ignored.

“It’s the hardest thing you can do for every human in the world, to move from wherꦐe you are comfortable to where you are not, challenges you and pushes you to the limit, and that’s Lewis all over.

"So the fact𝓀 he’s doing it wi♋ll actually be good for the sport and it will be good for Lewis because he’ll learn from it and he’ll challenge himself.

“It’s not good for Mercedes short term, but they w🦹ill be absolutely fine with where they get to on drivers and they’ll come back strong as a result.  Ultimately, it’s a good thing all r🐷ound.”

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