Damon Hill’s judgement of Lewis Hamilton’s “last chapter” at Ferrari

Damon Hill on Lewis Hamilton's drivers' title hopes at ꦆFerrari in F1 2025

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Damon Hill has broken down the historical context of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari.

Hamilton will race for the first time in a Ferrari in next weekend’s season-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix.

The iconic link-up could yield an all-time record eighth drivওers’ championship.

“We’rܫe witnessing the last chapter,” 1996 F1 champion Hill told 🌺The Telegraph.

“And he really doesn’t have anything else tꦿo pr𒅌ove.

“But let’s say there’s a sliver of a chance he is winning an eighth world title in a Ferrari… that would be like one of those stories that sport every now and then throws 🏅up...

“Tiger Woods winning that Masters in 2019 on one leg, o🗹r Niki Lauda returning from near death. It would be right up there.

“Can it happꦦen? I don’t think it’s totally impossible.”

Damon Hill warns F1 must remain 'authentic'

Formula 1’s growth in popularity in the United States, partly a result of▨ Netflix’s Drive To Survive series, is a key difference to Hi✃ll’s time on the grid.

Thꦗe relationships between the drivers has also changed.

Although Max Verstappen and Lando Norris clashed last season, they have seemingly patched up their friendship on t🐓he evidence of a light-hearted joint press co▨nference during F1 testing.

“Listen, it was🌼n’t all brilliant back then𒊎,” Hill said.

“I used to sit in the grandstands, watch Jackie Stewart go past, and about a min♛ute later someone else would go past. And that would go on for tw𒆙o hours. And it wasn’t televised.

“But from an aesthetic point of view, it was fa📖bulous.

“Most of all it was authentic. Whatever you said about the drivers back then, maybe they were playboys, maybe they lived a debauched life away from the track, they got in their cars and 🔯risked their lives.

“So there was a degree of respect for tဣhat. And I think, you know, how do you re♔tain that?

“F1 needs to be careful not to go too far down the entertainment route. It’s crept into the rꩲadio comm♏unication a little bit.

“Things are said just fo🐎r effect, because they know it’s going to be reported. Because it’s part of the show. Authenticity is so important.

“But yes, I would s♛ay I enjoy the sport more now than I have for a long time. The last few years have been great. The driving is of𒁃 an incredible standard. It’s still got a magic to it.

“It’s still the circus my dad ran away to join, and me maybe.” Hi꧙ll smiles and shrugs. “I’ve tried living withoಞut it, and it just seems to find you again. It’s been in my life since I was born.”

Hill’s co🍨mment about the radio communication touched on a topic which i꧟s set to remain in the headlines this year.

The FIA’s clampdown on the drivers swearing extends from official press conferences to radio conve𒆙rsations while they are driving.

Many pundits have insisted that the words🐷 spoken while driving so fast in the heat of competition should be immune from punishment.

But radio communications are an intriguing part of TV broadcasts which bring the f🎃ans closer to the action, and they are here to stay.

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