Hopes were high when Scuderia Ferrari inked a lucrative contract with seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, but thus far, those dreams have failed to come to fruition.
And according to Dutch F1 pundit Tim Coronel, the time has come to acknowledge that Lewis Hamilton is firmly the team’s No. 2 driver.
Lewis Hamilton becomes Ferrari’s No. 2
The news that Lewis Hamilton had signed a deal with Scuderia Ferrari for 2025 came as a shock to the world of Formula 1 weeks before the 2024 season had even begun.
It followed a few challenging years at Mercedes; despite winning the bulk of his seven World Drivers’ Championships with the German marque, Hamilton had found the team’s interpretation of the 2022 regulatory set to be lacking, with the hopes that a change of scenery could bring with