‘He wants to transform things about for Mercedes’: Lewis Hamilton’s former crew-mate insists the seven-time champ IS dedicated to the Silver Arrows and will shun a go to Ferrari, regardless of the constructor’s current struggles
Lewis Hamilton has been connected to a shift absent from Mercedes to compete However, previous workforce-mate Heikki Kovalainen thinks he will adhere aroundHamilton was believed to be considering Ferrari in lookup for an eighth title
Lewis Hamilton has been backed to see out his F1 vocation with Mercedes by a previous teammate.
Hamilton, 38, has gained seven globe titles to day, and an eighth would get him ahead of Michael Schumacher to stand by yourself as the most successful driver in the sport’s background.
But Mercedes have struggled to compete with the dominance of Pink Bull and Max Verstappen in latest strategies, leading to rumours that Hamilton would stop for Ferrari or yet another staff.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff mentioned he would not stand in the Brit’s way if he selected to depart the team in look for of the history.
Heikki Kovalainen, who was Hamilton’s teammate at Mercedes in 2008 and 2009, thinks that the British driver is identified to perform by way of the issues at his recent constructor, fairly than racing to uncover one more house.
Lewis Hamilton has been backed to stay at Mercedes to try and convert about their struggles
Heikki Kovalianen (R) and Hamilton were teammates with each other back in 2008 and 2009
When asked about the prospect of a shift, Kovalainen told Mirror Sport: ‘Personally, I you should not see that coming – to me, he is committed to Mercedes.’
The Finn extra that a personal conversation in Hungary final year was revealing about Hamilton’s potential designs. He explained: ‘The human body language and the really feel I bought from him, I just felt that this is a little something that he wants to switch all around.
‘He would like to turn issues about for Mercedes and that’s likely to tick one more box on his resume – to demonstrate that it can be not that he’s only been driving fantastic vehicles and earning the most of the great autos, but that he can actually turn a having difficulties crew around and lead that staff.’
Kovalainen backs Hamilton to have ‘the talent and the will’ to switch Mercedes back again into winners inspite of their complications. The Finn reported: ‘It’s likely to be fascinating to observe.’
In advance of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, Hamilton verified that he experienced split with his extended-expression trainer Angela Cullen right after 7 several years together.
Verstappen received the opening race of the year two weeks in the past in Bahrain, foremost a Pink Bull just one-two to reassert their dominance on the keep track of. Hamilton completed back again in fifth area, around 50 seconds off the pace.