Lewis Hamilton questioned over Ferrari 'punt' as Sky Sports F1 pundit shares theory

Ted Kravitz has weighed successful connected Lewis Hamilton's determination to articulation Ferrari and the Sky Sports F1 pundit is intelligibly uncertain astir the Brit's motivations for leaving Mercedes

Ted Kravitz thinks determination mightiness beryllium much to Lewis Hamilton's prime to articulation Ferrari than a elemental "punt" connected his future.

Now aged 40, Hamilton knows that clip is moving retired for him to execute his imagination of becoming the archetypal and lone eight-time Formula 1 champion. He has gambled connected Ferrari being the close spot for him to be, alternatively than his aged Mercedes team, arsenic helium tries to execute that.

His determination came aft 3 seasons successful which the Silver Arrows failed to nutrient for him a car which was susceptible of a rubric challenge. Ferrari finished supra Mercedes successful 2 of those 3 seasons and Hamilton believes the Scuderia is much apt to assistance him to execute his dream.

He made the determination earlier the 2024 play adjacent began. And results implicit the people of the run suggested that helium has made the close call, arsenic Ferrari finished 184 points up of Mercedes by the extremity of it.

With that successful mind, Sky Sports F1 pit lane newsman Kravitz wonders whether Hamilton whitethorn already person had an inkling that was going to beryllium the lawsuit successful that wintertime starring up to the 2024 campaign. "Did Lewis cognize erstwhile helium decided implicit the winter?" helium asked workfellow Karun Chandhok connected the Sky F1 podcast.

"'‘Do you cognize what, we haven't adjacent turned a instrumentality successful investigating yet but I don't deliberation Mercedes is the spot to beryllium - I'm going to spell to Ferrari'. Was that conscionable a leap successful the acheronian for you? Because it turned retired to beryllium perfectly true. Look astatine Mercedes - they've been a spot lost.

"They ne'er knew which benignant of car was going to crook up astatine the racetrack and what it was going to do. It mightiness triumph brilliantly, similar successful Belgium past 1 gets disqualified due to the fact that they're moving it excessively low, excessively light, the wear, whatever. Do you deliberation Lewis knew, oregon bash you deliberation that was conscionable a punt?"

Despite Kravitz's point, Chandhok replied to accidental helium did judge that it was small much than a leap of religion from the Brit. He said: "I deliberation it was a punt, due to the fact that however could you archer what the absorption were doing? He would person evidently person had a feeling of what was going connected astatine Mercedes.

"He's talked astir radical not needfully listening to what helium was saying and not afloat taking connected committee immoderate of his thoughts of wherever helium thought the cars should spell and things similar that. On reflection, aboriginal successful the year, helium was talking astir immoderate of those conversations truthful possibly that conscionable steered him towards thinking, 'Maybe I'll spell determination other wherever they volition perceive a spot more'.

"I don't know, but it's funny, I was re-watching immoderate interviews that were done towards the extremity of 2012 with radical similar Niki Lauda astir Lewis coming to Mercedes. And adjacent that was a spot of a punt, due to the fact that helium conscionable wanted a alteration of situation to permission McLaren and spell to determination else. I deliberation it's a calculated risk. It's worked retired once, we'll spot what happens again."