Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur says Lewis Hamilton might want to lean on his expertise as he’s confronted with a difficult stint to be absolutely ready for his debut with the workforce in 2025.
Hamilton will be part of Ferrari subsequent season after bringing his time with Mercedes to an finish, marking solely the second workforce transfer of his Formulation 1 profession and the primary time he’ll race exterior of a Mercedes-powered workforce. With pre-season testing starting on Feb. 26 and Ferrari launching its 2025 automobile per week earlier, Vasseur says there’s solely a small window for Hamilton develop into embedded inside the Scuderia.
“It’s all the time a problem, ranging from the start of January till the launch of the season on the 18th of February in London, and we’ll do the [2024 car] launch the nineteenth in Maranello,” Vasseur stated. “It means it’s essential that you’ve got solely six weeks — it’s not straightforward. However he’s additionally coming together with his personal expertise — he’s not Rookie of the Yr — so I’m not apprehensive in any respect about this.
“It’s additionally the continuity of the earlier rules and meaning we’ve got some reference. I’m not apprehensive, however it’s true that it’s a problem. In case you think about that you may go to Bahrain and have a sandstorm, as we had a few years in the past, it’s powerful, however it’s powerful for everyone on the grid. We all know that we’ve got solely three days there.”
Ferrari plans on working Hamilton throughout some testing of earlier automobile (TPC) days, however a agency date for a primary outing has not been set as a consequence of uncertainty over the climate in January. Vasseur says there will likely be no particular public welcoming occasion for the seven-time world champion, such is the necessity to spend time getting ready for the opening rounds.
“We’ve got to be targeted on the season,” he stated. “As we stated earlier than, it is going to be a really tight interval between the primary day and launch — it’s a matter of weeks and I wish to have all people give attention to efficiency.
“It means that we are going to have the launch of the championship, we may have the launch of the automobile. For me, it’s already two occasions, and it’s far an excessive amount of! I wish to be targeted on growth, efficiency and to not do the present.”
