, Ferrari president John Elkann perso✤nally contacted Hamilton over a move to the Scuderia.

Hamilton is out of contract with Mercedes at the end of F1 2023, and his future has b👍een a hot topic throu🌠ghout this season.

Earlier in the year, the Daily Mail reported that Ferrari were offering £40 million to sign Ham🍎ilton.

Ferrari’s advances appear t🍷o be futile with Hamilton set to sign a new deal with Mercedes.

• ‘Even if Ferrari ✱pay him double, Lewis Hamilton knows things won’t go better’

In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Vasseur addressed the Hamilton𒐪 to Fe💙rrari speculation.

“I talk to him at every grand prix, he raced for me twenღty years ago and we're still🧔 close,” he said. “I helped him when he went to McLaren at the start of his F1 career and we talk occasionally. 

“Clearly if they see us together in the paddock a fuss comes out. I don't want to compare him to our drivers, it wouldn't make sense. But the contribution of a top driver isn't just driving, it's💜 also technical, strategy, help in hiring an engineer. 

“And in this case, if you have Hamilton, [Max] Verstappen but also [Charles] Leclerc, it's easier. Anyone who work🍷s in F1 is passionate about rac꧙ing, they like working with champions.”

It’s been a lacklust💜re 2023 campaign for Ferrari, picking up just three podiums in the first 12 races of the season.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚVasseur confirmed that wind tunnel development has stopped on thꦰe year’s car but they will introduce upgrades in Qatar and Austin.

"For this season we stopped develܫopment in the wind tunnel at the end of July, but we have pieces already approved and in the works that we will take to Qata꧟r or Austin,” he explained. “For the car for 2024, we are still at the philosophical concepts. 

"The numbers say that you have to be aggressive in the pr🎃oject but with simulations and equations we are already at the maximum. We have to think differently, find margꦚins thanks to which the drivers can drive without always being at the limit. 

“And in any case, t👍he deadline for the new car is not the end of the year. We have to be ready for Bahrain in March. We still have many months ahead of us."