The ‘silly season‘ this year promises to be one of the most complete and moves of the last years. The most outstanding fact is the information from the alleged interest from Ferrari in acquiring the services of lewis hamilton to run with them charles leclercreplacing Carlos Sainz.
This event, if it were to occur, would imply a movement of seats that would affect several teams on the grid. the main affected would be the team Mercedesthat I would have to find a partner to George Russelland the latest information published by the media ‘BenzInsider’ opens the possibility that this pilot is the Mexican Sergio Perez.
the pilot of Red Bull contract ends in 2024while hamilton got it up 2023. This would imply that, for this movement to occur, Czech would have give up to the last year of contract with those of Christian Horner to be able to join the ranks of the German team.
The stratospheric numbers of the offer made (40 million pounds) by those of Maranello seven times world champion tempt to the british pilot to abandon the team with which he has won six of his seven championships.
Mercedes denies it
Despite all these rumors and information, Toto WolffMercedes team leader, has always defended that the talks with hamilton they are in processand has also denied this possible approach with the Red Bull driver.
“I have never called Sergio. He’s a nice guy and I respect him, but I’ve never talked to him. nor with any other pilot“, Wolff clarified last month of March. But, that was a long time ago and in the ‘silly season’ everything can happen.
And what about Schumacher?
Mick Schumacher is currently the Mercedes reserve driver and there is always the possibility that he will be the driver to take Lewis’s seat, although for many the young German driver likes lack experience for the post.
Now to think about Monaco
Anything can happen in the coming weeks, but the current reality is that this weekend Formula 1 is back hand in hand with one of the most anticipated races of the year, the Monaco Grand Prix. A race in which meteorological conditions They may be determinersand in which anyone can win.
