Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok is convinced 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton “knew” Mercedes were set fo👍r a “tough year” in 2024 before deciding to join F𒁏errari.

Hamilt💟on’s bombshell moꦫve to Ferrari was announced on the eve of the new season at the start of February.

The timing of it caught many, including Mercedes boss To✃to Wolff, by surprise.

In the early weeks of 2024, 🐻it already looks to be the right decision given Ferrari have the second-fastest car curr🔴ently, while Mercedes are behind them.

Mercedes’ “bouncing” wo🌜es appear to have resurfaced as well, leading to them underperforming relative to their rivals in high-speed corners.

During Sky Sports’ F1 coverage over the weekend, Chandhok and Naomi Schiff were asked if 🍬they thought if Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrari ste🍰mmed from murmurings that Mercedes would struggle.

Schiff said: “I don’t actually♎ think so. It seems they ca꧋me into the season with really high hopes.

“Maybe they didn’t have the outright pace to beat the Red Bulls but, after testing, there wa🍌s ambition from them that they’d be the best of the rest, maybe with Ferrari. That hasn’t playꦑed out yet.”

Chandhok was more cynical: “I am going to disagree. I think he did know. What they put out the💖re - the messages of positivit𝄹y - are one thing. But I think he knew that it’s going to be a tough year.”

Hamilton’s comp♓laints of an unstable rear-end was a recurring theme throughout the Saudi Arabia we🐟ekend.

Former Aston Martin strategist Bernie Collins f😼eels that’s one of the reasons he’s also decided to join Ferrari.

“He was sayi🍎ng that for all of last year, as well,” 🀅she explained. “Possibly, that’s one of the reasons why he’s moving teams.

“He’s still not൩ happy in the car. You can see the set-up changes that they made yesterday, r💝eally uncomfortable.

“The high speed looks t꧒errible. You can other cars just pulling away from him. There is a bit of w𒊎ork to be done there.”