'Ferrari offer Vettel $138m, three-year deal'

i bet Verstappen, Ricciardo, Alonso could do aswell...

I agree with Wolfgang. And that is just to name a few. Hamilton is very overrated IMO.

Im inclined to agree, MBMWE36. Hamilton is good, maybe even great, but he is not the best driver around.

A switch to become Hamilton´s number 2 driver, from a team built around Vettel to a team now built around Hamilton? No, I dont think that'll happen.

What makes you think he'd become the number 2 driver? In my opinion he'd smoke Hamilton if they were both driving the same car.
It's all speculation, but as dominant as mercedes has been forever now, I could see Vettel making that move, if he doesn't win with Ferrari this year. Plus the best German driver since Schumacher in the most dominant (German) team in recent history? That seems like a lay-up to me.

What I mean is that if Vettel want to go to Mercedes, Hamilton would never let him in unless he'd be willing to be a number 2 driver. Ham has made sure that he get the primary attention there. Im sure Mercedes wouldnt mind having him on board, but Mercedes doesnt also not want another Rosberg vs Hamilton situation, with 2 drivers battling for the number 1 spot, and that would happen with Vet and Ham in the same team.

don´t think Fernando is going to race for something like 8-10mln a year..
And i think Ferrari don´t want Fernando any more.. He gave everything to hold up Vettel and Raikkonen in the last two/three years..

Because Seb is doing the job and has a certain history. Remember last year Monaco and Verstappen? Plus the fact that your thesis is also only theory.
So i agree that the young guns are very good yes, but Seb is also able to do the job AND he proved not only once to work well under pressure. Like 2012 brazil, remember?
These are things they consider in big teams.. Just like Merc did with Bottas and not Wehrlein or Ocon..

Furthermore you have a certain aspect of a good climate in a team. No team on this planet fancy a climate like it was at Merc from 2014-2106... So when you know it works well with Seb & Kimi and Seb is leading the championship although Merc has a better car why not stick to it? Verstappen/Ricciardo would be a big gamble for them i think..

sorry you got me wrong there..

i wanted to say that the climate would change if there was Vet and Ver/Ric at Ferrari. Ver/Ric get along now as it seems but i bet all i´ve got that it´s going to be much dirtier when they´d fight for championships..

Vettel had a good car in his RedBull years, yes, but remember his win at Monza? This was where his class came out.. Remember him leading the championship in 2010 only in the last race? So all in all i´d say he´s a top class driver AND he had very MUCH pressure in Abu Dhabi in 2010 where everything could´ve gone wrong for him.
The opponents had been Hamilton, Webber and Alonso in that case..

Same thing with pressure was the 2012 championship where it was all on the edge after Turn 4 in Brazil, and he did a masterclass drive in the rain from last to i think 4th or something just enough to edge Fernando out..

Thus i don´t quite get your point there.

I don´t want to criticise Verstappen, i quite like him, and i think he is definetely one of the best as he outpaced Ric several times now, and i consider Ric as a very good driver too.. Like Vettel, Hamilton and Schumacher Verstappen proved to be one of the best in tricky conditions, but his approach is to be No1 in the team. Same like Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso.. So combining those personas together in one team is not a very smart move by a team like Ferrari / Mercedes.. They all know what happened with Senna/Prost, Hamilton/Alonso and Rosberg/Hamilton and even with Vettel/Webber..

Maybe you get me a little bit better now..

I agree with Wolfgang. Furthermore, while I think Ves is a good driver, Im not sure if he is a good fit there. And even then, Marko doesnt want to let his posterboy go, he has been very clear on that.