Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vasseur does not want news of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton’s impending arrival tಞo become a “distracti🌱on” for the team in 2024.

Confirmation of Hamilton’s blockbuster decision to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari on a multi-year deal in 2025 stunned the F1 world earlier this month, and left incumbent 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz without a drive for next year.

Speaking publicly about Hamilton’s arrival for the first time since the news broke following the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: launch of the SF-24 on Tuesday, Ferrari team principal Vasseur underlined his de♕sire to maintain focus on the upcoming campaign.

“It’s a huge opportunity for the team for sure 🐟[signing Hamilton],” Vasseur told media including m꧂ahbx.com.

“We are sure that he will bring us an additional step f💧or the future and it will be a good challenge for🤡 everybody.

“But we want to focus on 2024. We don’t want to have any ki🔥nd of distraction, which is why we made the announcement so early, because it was important for us to be focused on 💯2024.

“I’m fully convinced that Carlos will be fully dedicated ཧand committed to the seꦦason, until the last lap and the last corner of the season and equally I am sure that the whole team will be fully motivated and fully behind Carlos.

“Bu🎶t it is important for us to be focused on 2024. We have a good opportunity. We worked so hard on the project that we don’t want to have any distractions.”

Asked how talks with Hamilton first came about, Vasseur, who was in charge 🔯of the ART Grand Prix team with whom Hamilton won the GP2 title in 2006, replied: “We have had a good relationship for a bit more than 20 y𒅌ears.

“We were always in co🌟ntact to speak about things and it came naturally. 🐼It came step by step.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, Hamilton’s next F1 teammate, revealed he has been 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:exchanging texts with the se📖ven-time world♛ champion about the move.

And the Monegasque said he knew Hamilton would be joining F⛦errari prior to☂ signing his bumper contract extension.