While us fans and admirers of f1 are still trying to grasp the fact that Lewis Hamilton would be racing for Ferrari this year, new details keep on giving us more than we can chew. As per a few recent reports the details of Hamilton’s contract with Ferrari have been disclosed.
In a recent James Allen podcast, the details of the deal that Ferrari has signed with Lewis Hamilton have been revealed.
The Integrals Of The Deal With Ferrari
Lewis is one of the best, and costs of having the best in your team would not surely be a small sum of money. But rumor’s and concerns regarding how long would Hamilton race with Ferrari, what would the deal entail? have been circulating over the internet. As per initial estimates Lewis was supposedly to make around $400 million during his tenure in Ferrari. Though this is a huge sum of money but the sport world has seen deals bigger than this as well such as the deal of Lionel Messi with his club or other ace players.
Ben Hunt’s Take On The Contract
Ben Hunt recently joined james allen on F1 podcast to discuss what Lewis Hamilton’s future would look like. He spoke about how Hamilton’s deal would last for a couple of years and this makes sense since the driver just turned 40 recently. Hunt spoke about how Ferrari are definitely paying him more than the Mercedes were. He than spoke about how he expects Hamilton’s pay day to be around 55 million a year, as per speculations.
Hunt didn’t spoke about it anymore, its still unclear as to which currency the number would ascribe to. But the sum itself is not short of being a hefty chunk of money. While the exact details are hidden under a Cimmerian curtain, this figure has given a idea as to what kind of money gets you Hamilton To Race For You.
Leclerc’s Worries Amid Lewis joining Ferrari
The question takes us back to Loic Serra, The Technical Director Chassis at Mercedes who became a major reason behind the shift of Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes to Ferrari. Loic is in charge of leading the work on the chassis of the Project 677.
As per reports by the Motorsports .com Loic Serra has already started making fundamental changes to the Chassis in question. The new design would see the driving position being push back a little along with better weight distribution along the chassis. Beyond that the car would be switched to use pull rod suspension. Following McLaren’s and Redbulls approach. The new approach has been designed keeping the experience that Serra has had at Pirelli and Mercedes while preserving tire degradation during their dominant years. Such changes only for a driver change would be raising concerns for Lecrec.
Leclerc’s performance
Leclerc has been the profound product of ferrari’s teachings and tutelage, but his performance has been pretty erratic in the last few seasons. From crashes to inconsistent results, the Racer has been struggling for quite some time. Such issues must have been the reason Behind the Italian Marquee looking for replacement for Sainz . Even while Leclerc’s performance fell short of his partner Carlos Sainz a couple of times. Would the new standard that is about to be established upon his head bring his ace racing qualities to the surface?
