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 poin🍸ts” when he joins in 2025.

Hamilton will join Ferrari fr꧅om next season 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 si🐽nce the start of his F1 career.

It looks highly unlikely Hamilton will end hisꦅ F1 wi🍌n 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 engineer from 2006 to 2013 at Ferrari - feels like Hamilton will “thrive” 🎃next y🍎ear.

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

“Okay, Red Bull took their foot off the gas as they put their efforts i🎐nto 2024 but if you looked at the gap, especially in qualifying again💜, in Bahrain, they’re right there.

“Whether or not Lewis ♚in a Ferrari today could take it to Max 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 – that’s all they need.”

Smedley also had some𒉰 advice for Hamilton ahead of his switch next year.

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

“He has a duty to himself and to his employer, to embed himself as much as he canඣ, to integrate himself 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.”