Hamilton 'really happy' Vettel has decided to stay in F1
- Published on 11 Sep 2020 12:44
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- By: Coilin Higgins
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has praised Sebastian Vettel's recent announcement in regards to his F1 future, revealing he will switch to Racing Point as it becomes Aston Martin next year.
Speaking about Vettel's announcement on Thursday, Hamilton said he was 'really happy' for Vettel and said that F1 needed a driver of his calibre to stay in the sport.
Hamilton noted how much of a difficult decision it could have been for the four-time world champion to consider a switch to the team, but praised the team also for being able to sign the German.
"I think it's exciting for Formula 1," Hamilton told Sky F1 at Mugello.
"It's quite a big shift from Ferrari to an up-and-coming team but I think Formula 1 really needs to keep the great driver that he is in the sport so I'm really happy that he's continuing and not stopping.
"I'm just really happy for him because it's not been the easiest of journeys at Ferrari, and I think he'll learn so much from there,
"I think it's one of the smartest moves that Aston Martin could do and I'm excited to see what he contributes and how he helps progress that team forward."
During the driver's press conference, Hamilton said he was convinced Vettel could end up at the team when he departs from Ferrari at the end of the year, but claimed it was ultimately the right decision moving to a team that are constantly improving.
"Honestly, I thought that was the ideal direction he was going to go, I thought it would happen," Hamilton added.
"I was really pleased to hear it because if you look at that team, it has new ownership, and has already taken a huge step forwards in its performance and it can continue to grow."
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Login to replyPistonhead
Posts: 556
Happy for him, but he cannot afford to lose out to Stroll Snr - that really would be the end of his career and confirm he has not been at the level he was with RBR many seasons ago. Wish him all the best.
xoya
Posts: 583
Vettel was always an average driver with an average teammate in a super car.
He was really annoying as well, but has become a really likeable guy with age.
Rosberg's one championship has more weight than Vettel's four, in my humble opinion.
Manto02
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How can you explain him winning 2012, the car was not superior at all considering in monza Vettel was 50 points behind Alonso, and he did awesome races like Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
Plus he made errors in 2017 and 2018, it's true, but ferrari as always made bad updates after summer, so mercedes was going to win anyways
xoya
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@manto02
Ferrari had a very bad car that year.
Pistonhead
Posts: 556
I hold him slightly higher regard - some of his overtaking moves over the years been brilliant but sadly thats a few years ago now. Anyway - he has the chance to do sormerhtin amazing here (again) - could he lead a another mega famous brand to glory? I cannot wait to see what the livery will be - it's time to lose the pink surely?