Soccer stats Jacques Villeneuve: Perhaps with the arrival of Hamilton we will get Ferrari version 2. 0

Villeneuve praised Hamilton`s chances of achieving success with Ferrari.

The 1997 Formula 1 champion believes that Lewis`s arrival at the Scuderia can significantly increase the team`s competitiveness and fully return it to the list of contenders for the title.

They tried with Vettel, but Vettel was already burnt out by the time he moved to Ferrari. Alonso almost succeeded, but in the end there was too much chaos there too.

And Lewis could be the one to force Ferrari to put all this behind them. And we`re probably getting Ferrari version 2. 0. Because we`re talking about the most decorated driver in history going to the biggest team of all time. It`s hard to think of anything better, especially at a time when Ferrari needs to start winning again.

They need something good to happen to the team. Because for the last 10-15 years they have always been somewhere very close [to the title], but not close enough. Despite the fact that each time they brought either a world champion or a young and talented driver like Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

The cycle lasts 2-3 years, but the chaos in the team still did not stop. And while all this continues. The current situation is that every 2-3 years the team leader changes at Ferrari.

For some time, Ferrari tried to build a purely Italian team, and therefore got rid of everything not connected with Italy. And it didn`t work. Now they are starting to hire non-Italians again and rebuilding a multinational team, trying to get the best engineers, the best in general, regardless of origin.

And it will be very interesting to see whether Lewis manages to do what Alonso and Vettel failed to do. I never believed in Vettel [that Vettel would win the title at Ferrari]. As for Alonso, at that time it seemed to me that he could do it, he was very close to it, and he has always been a real fighter. And now Lewis can try to do the same.

In addition, Jock Clea [heads the Youth Academy and is Charles Leclerc`s mentor] still works at Ferrari. "And I`m curious if Clea will become Hamilton`s race engineer, because it could be a very profitable alliance for both Lewis and Ferrari, " Villeneuve said.


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