Lewis Hamilton is now really starting to experience what it feels like and what it means to be a Scuderia Ferrari driver. The seven-time world champion was initially carried on the palm of everyone's hand, but these days even the Tifosi themselves are dropping him more and more often...
Where is the pre-season hype, the honeymoons, the cloudless photoshoots? When it comes to Ferrari, we hear increasingly frequent phrases like “suffering, decline, and next year.” Hamilton is not surprised by this, he was prepared for it:
“I am not surprised by what is happening now. In some ways I expected this, but we are talking about the most storied team in the history of F1. Of course, we are in the spotlight more, they write more, film more, reflect on us, everyone has an opinion. It is not easy, getting to know us does not happen overnight, we have to give ourselves time for this. We are shaping, moving, trying to gather the passion and energy that has always been characteristic of Ferrari and that can move us forward. Everyone in the team is putting their heart and soul into the project, we are riding this roller coaster together, and I have no doubt that we will eventually reach our goal.” - summed up Lewis Hamilton, what he expects and how he feels.
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