‘It was not his dream 12 months ago’ - Fernando Alonso reacts to Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari switch
Fernando Alonso questioned Lewis Hamilton's clai💃m that driving 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 20♉25 because he thought his old rival was lo☂yal to Mercedes.
The news of Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes at the end of this season and c🐓omplete a bombshell switch t🦂o 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 miss🀅ed the announcement because he was training.
“I was training actually that day so I missed all the stress from everybody so🔯 I was one day late oꦓn the news,” the two-time world champion said.
“Probably it was a surprise, I will not lie. But not bec📖ause of the change itself, it’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 as 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 d꧋ifferent dream then.”
But the Spaniard did say that Hamilton's m🥂ove to F♛errari could be the difference in turning the Italian team into championship contenders.
“I hope he enjoys the experience, I think 🎐it’s a very special team. It is more special when you win,” Alonso added.
“That’s the thing - you need to win. It’s a few years ꦫalready that they have a very fast car and they were fighting for big things and maybe Lewꦛis 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 Bull car, Feꦰrrari was s🐻till 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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