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Sky Sports F1’s Craig Slater says Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move “explains why McLaren signed up Lando Norris to a longer-term deal a couple of weeks ago and why Ferrari signed up Leclerc”.
Sky Sports F1’s Craig Slater reports that the fact that Ferrari was trying to sign Lewis Hamilton has been known by F1 teams for some time, and this led to several other deals being done.
“What I think is worth mentioning here is this explains why McLaren signed up Lando Norris to a longer-term deal a couple of weeks ago and why Ferrari signed up Leclerc as well,” Slater said.
“Ferrari, as soon as they knew they were getting Hamilton – and I understand this courtship has been going on for several months, it’s not a new thing – the other teams have been aware their prize assets might be a target for Mercedes.
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“It’s hard to see who Mercedes promote. [That’s] probably good news for George Russell, he’ll become No 1 within the team.
“Frederik Vesti is their junior driver, he’s not ready for Formula 1. They’ve got Mick Schumacher as their reserve driver, who didn’t have a great start to his F1 career – might he be a stop-gap?
“Alex Albon, to me, might be the heavyweight signing to replace Hamilton,” the Briton concluded.
