Lewis Hamilton reveals who would be his ideal successor at Mercedes

The British pilot Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) confessed that the German Sebastian Vettelwho retired from the Formula 1 at the end of 2022, “would be an incredible option” for the silver arrowsreplacing the seven-time world champion, who will race for Ferrari from 2025.

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I would love for Seb (Vettel) to come back. “I think it would be an incredible option for the team, to have a multiple world championship-winning driver, someone who has incredible values ​​to continue moving this team forward… I would love for him to return,” he said in statements published by F1 on its website. .

So, Hamilton spoke of a couple of sabbatical years for Vettel, who has nevertheless tested for the World Endurance Championship. Thus, the British slipped the option that the four-time world champion repeated what others did like Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso.

“I would love for Seb to come back”

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The only thing I really care about is that the team hires someone with integrity and values ​​that are aligned with the team. Someone with compassion who is able to work with all these great people and continue to lift them up,” she analyzed.

The British said that There are drivers “more selfish than others”, some who “are good, but perhaps not the best within team environments”. And he hopes that the one who ends up at Mercedes in 2025 will not be of this type.

I’m sure they have many options. “I think it’s always great to give a promising driver a chance, so I think the idea of ​​a young guy coming in is exciting,” he said.

And it is that, For Hamilton, Formula 1 is a sport that will “always” be “missed”in the case of those who made the decision to move away from the circuits.

It’s the greatest sport in the world and it’s the greatest experience in the world. It’s the most incredible feeling to work with a group of people to win something, achieve something. There probably won’t be anything that feels the same anymore. I haven’t asked any of the drivers what they’re missing, but I can imagine,” he guessed.

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